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March 16, 2011 |
Japan: Continuing crisis
As if conditions for survivors and emergency workers weren't bad enough after the massive earthquake and tsunami, snow fell today in chilly Northern Japan. The dire situation prompted the first-ever televised address to the nation from Emperor Akihito, who made no such speech even after the Kobe earthquake in 1995. As aid and personnel poured into Japan, the nuclear crisis prompted neighboring countries to step up inspections of Japanese foods, and prompted governments worldwide to study their own nuclear energy policies. Meanwhile the grim work of recovery continued. -- Lane Turner (28 photos total)

People watch a television broadcasting Japan's Emperor Akihito's televised address to the nation at an electronics retail store in Tokyo March 16. Japanese Emperor Akihito said on Wednesday that problems at Japan's nuclear-power reactors were unpredictable and he was "deeply worried" following an earthquake he described as "unprecedented in scale". It was an extraordinarily rare appearance by the emperor and his first public comments since last week's devastating earthquake and tsunami that killed thousands of people. (Issei Kato/Reuters) #

People shop for food at a big-box supermarket in Tokyo March 16. Public trust in the Japanese government faces its biggest test since WWII over the handling of the nation's nuclear crisis, raising concerns that a breakdown in confidence could fuel panic and chaos if appeals for calm go unheeded. Foreigners are leaving Tokyo, or shutting themselves indoors, and supermarket shelves are running empty despite authorities assuring citizens there is no need to panic from the crisis unfolding at a quake-stricken nuclear power plant. (Issei Kato/Reuters) #

An official in a full radiation protection suit scans an evacuated woman and her dog with a geiger counter in Koriyama city in Fukushima prefecture, about 60km west from the crisis-hit Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) Fukushima Nuclear plant, on March 16, 2011. A fresh fire broke out at the quake-hit Japanese atomic power plant in Fukushima early on March 16. (Ken Shimizu/AFP/Getty Images) #

Evacuees read a newspaper carrying stories on the massive earthquake and tsunami at a shelter in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 15. Japan's government on March 15 urged people against panic-buying of food and supplies, as the country grapples with an earthquake and tsunami and resulting nuclear crisis. (Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP/Getty Images) #
More links and information
Emperor Delivers Rare Address on Nuclear Crisis - NYTimes.com, 3/16
Returning to a Nightmare in Japan - NYTimes.com Lens blog, 3/16
Japan: New fears as the tragedy deepens - The Big Picture, 3/15
Japan: Vast devastation - The Big Picture, 3/14
Japan: Earthquake aftermath - The Big Picture, 3/12
Massive earthquake hits Japan - The Big Picture, 3/11
Tsunami - Wikipedia entry