Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Japan In Crisis -- News Updates March 15, 2011


Japan: Death Toll Rises, Stocks Plunge, Foreigners Flee As Nuclear Crisis Escalates -- Washington Post

TOKYO — Torn up and terrified by a disaster that keeps on getting worse, Japan has transformed in just four days from one of the world’s most comfortable countries into one of its most distressed.

Thousands of people along the northeastern coast of Asia’s richest country are dead, and tens of thousands have gone days with little food, little water and almost no heat. Their towns have been demolished into soggy fields.

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More News On The Earthquake Disaster In Japan

Japan quake: live report -- Yahoo News/AFP
Japan nuclear crisis and tsunami - live updates -- The Guardian
Live Blog: Disaster in Japan -- Wall Street Journal
Live Feed: Japan earthquake -- Reuters

Radiation level soars after Japan nuke plant fire -- AP
Nuclear plant co. may spray reactor by helicopter -- AP
Tsunami tests Japan's resilient spirit -- AP
Japan braces for potential radiation catastrophe -- Reuters
Worries mount, food runs short for Japanese victims -- Reuters
Radiation fears spark panic, evacuations in Tokyo -- Reuters
Blasts, fire escalate Japan's nuclear crisis -- AFP

Panicked residents start to flee Tokyo as radiation levels rise after THIRD blast at stricken nuclear power plant -- The Daily Mail
New Explosion Rocks Fukushima Nuclear Plant -- New York Times
Japanese nuclear plant hit by fire and third explosion -- The Guardian
Water likely to be poured into crippled No. 4 reactor in Japan -- Reuters
Fukushima operator says will evacuate control room personnel (Update 1) -- RIA Novosti
Third Blast at Crippled Nuke Plant Sparks Meltdown Fears; 140,000 Ordered to Stay Indoors -- Time
U.S. Navy Detects Radiation 200 Miles From Japan Nuclear Plant -- FOX News
Japanese Flee As Nuclear Plant Warnings Grow Dire -- NPR
Radioactive cloud spreading in Japan nuclear crisis -- The Australian
Japan's PM warns of radiation risk -- CBC
Japan officials: Stay indoors, nuclear leaks now dangerous -- Christian Science Montior
Japan’s nuclear crisis leads to dangerous spike in radiation levels -- Washington Post
US military warns on Japan radiation risk -- Jerusalem Post/Reuters
Japan fears a nuclear disaster after reactor breach -- L.A. Times
Japan Makes Progress at Troubled Nuclear Plant -- Wall Street Journal

Two aftershocks rattle battered Japan -- USA Today
2 New Quakes Rattle Japan's Northeast, Tokyo -- ABC News
Worries mount, food runs short for Japanese victims -- Reuters
Humanitarian crisis deepens in quake-hit Japan -- Reuters
Anxious foreigners flee Japan -- Washington Post
European, Asian airlines take steps to avoid Tokyo -- Reuters
Millions in Japan freeze without electricity, heat -- MSNBC

Japanese crisis hits world markets -- Al Jazeera
Global Stocks Plunge As Japan Faces Nuclear Crisis -- Steve Schaefer, Forbes
European shares slide on Japan's nuclear crisis -- Reuters
Tokyo Market Plunges on Nuclear, Power Supply Concerns -- Voice of America
Japan Injects $183 Billion to Stabilize Quake Rattled Economy -- Voice of America
Japan catastrophe could make U.S. debt costlier -- Reuters

`Worst Case' Nuclear Disaster in Japan Hangs on Unlikely Events -- Bloomberg
Radiation exposure: How big is the threat in Japan? -- Chris Richardson, Christian Science Monitor
Disaster in Japan: A difficult Tuesday -- The Economist
Don't bank on a Japanese debt crisis yet -- Fortune/CNN

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