Today, Saturday, Japan marks the 12th anniversary of the earthquake and Fukushima accident, and the government plans to return to nuclear power.
Japan witnessed a moment of silence at 2:46 p.m. when the earthquake struck and some residents of the tsunami-hit northern prefectures of Iwate and Miyagi descended on the coast to pray for their loved ones and the 2,519 people whose remains have never been found. .
It is noteworthy that a magnitude 9 earthquake and tsunami that devastated large parts of the northeastern coast of Japan on March 11, 2011, claimed the lives of more than 22 thousand people, including about 3.7 thousand, whose subsequent deaths were associated with the disaster.
At an elementary school in Sendai, north of Fukushima, participants released hundreds of colorful balloons in memory of the dead. In Tokyo, dozens of people gathered to mark the anniversary in a downtown park, and anti-nuclear activists organized a rally.
It should be noted that the earthquake and tsunami that hit the offshore Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disrupted power and cooling functions, causing the meltdown of three of its six reactors. This resulted in the release of massive amounts of radiation, leading to the evacuation of tens of thousands of residents.
Source: AB
