Japan: health after the earthquake.

摘要

The magnitude 9.0 earthquake that hit the northeast coast of Honshu at 2.46 pm on March 11 has shocked TV viewers worldwide. The unstoppable force of the tsunami that followed was a hitherto rarely seen spectacle-and tragedy. Estimates suggest that as many as 10000 people may have died. Half a million people have been made homeless and the country has been plunged into a state of emergency. The Japanese Government has responded calmly and carefully to the catastrophe. But the very real danger of radiation exposure now represents a sinister further complication facinq Japan's political leaders.