Under Extreme Stress:Japan's Dignity and Grace;

摘要

The Mar. 11 earthquake centered on Fukushima and the tsunami that hit the coast at Sendai, demolishing the town and neighboring countryside, followed by the nuclear meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant, which has caused radiation leaks and contamination, have severely tested the people of Japan. In 1923 an earthquake measuring 7 on the Richter scale hit Japan near Kanto, devastating hundreds of miles of coastline. Towns were washed away by mudslides, and trains were carried out to sea The Fukushima quake measured 8.9. Had its epicenter been near Japan's densely populated areas, the damage would have been even more catastrophic.