OPINIONUnderstanding Japan’s disastersIf recovery from the 1995 Kobe earthquake is a guide, then Japan has a long road ahead.
‘No safe levels’ of radiation in JapanExperts warn that any detectable level of radiation is “too much”.
Disaster devastates Japan farmlandTsunami leaves behind toxic chemicals, making huge swathes of arable land unusable.
Slideshow: A tale of two townsThough the two Japanese towns of Ofunato and Yoshihama were both hit in the March 11 disaster, massive differences exist in terms of losses and casualties.