Week 6: Japan mourns tsunami dead; grapples with it's aftermath

http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/03/11/199908.html

Sunday March 11th, moments of silence, prayers, and anti-nuclear rallies marked the one year anniversary of the tsunami in Japan. A magnitude 9.0 earthquake triggered a tsunami killing 16,000, leaving 3,300 missing, 326,000 homeless, and 80,000 evacuees from around the nuclear plant. There is a 20km no-go zone around the nuclear plant but residents of the old town Okuma were allowed back for a few hours to honor the dead. The disaster has triggered discussions about Japan's government and nuclear plants inability to deal with the disaster. I think nuclear plants and governments should have better ways to protect and secure such dangerous health concerns so nothing like Japan ever happens again.