The Japan Quake

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After Japan suffers a massive, deadly earthquake and tsunami, the country grapples with a growing humanitarian disaster and the potential for a nuclear meltdown More »

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The Calamity of Japan's 9.0-Magnitude Quake

The country reels after a catastrophic earthquake rocked its northeastern coast on March 11, 2011 More »
How to Help Earthquake, Tsunami Victims

Even if you're thousands of miles away, there are various ways that you can offer your support to the earthquake and tsunami relief effort More »

Braving the Radiation

Though the Japanese government has quarantined areas near the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant, many tsunami survivors return to their affected homes to retrieve things they had to leave behind More »
Images Released of the Tsunami Striking Fukushima

TEPCO makes public pictures of the massive wave engulfing the nuclear power plant More »
Japan's Nuclear Wasteland

A photographer ventures into the highly dangerous, deserted wasteland that's within a 12-mile radius of the beleaguered Japanese plant More »
TIME 100 Profile: Takeshi Kanno

In Japan's tragic hour, he risked his life for others More »
Photos: Life in Japan's Evacuation Centers

Evacuees struggle to create a sense of normalcy after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami and nuclear crisis More »
Photos: Inside Nuclear Reactors

Scenes from the pursuit of power at atomic plants around the world More »
Exclusive Photos: When the Tsunami Came

"The scale of this is beyond belief," says TIME photographer James Nachtwey. "The ocean just destroyed, obliterated, a huge coastal area of Japan. Heavily populated. Every town is just wiped out." More »
Photos: Japan's History of Massive Earthquakes

The Pacific nation, perched on the unstable Ring of Fire, has been rocked by frequent earthquakes in the past decade. More »
Exclusive Photos of Japan's Devastation

TIME contract photographer Dominic Nahr documents the aftermath of the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan More »
Rising to the Challenge: Can Young People Save Japan?

Can its young people save Japan? After the earthquake and tsunami, they're rolling up their sleeves — and shaming an ossified Establishment More »
Photos: Surviving the Earthquake Aftermath in Japan

A humanitarian crisis unfolds as victims eke out an existence after the twin disasters decimated the northeastern coast More »
How High Is Japan's Radiation Risk?

Conflicting information from Japanese officials and outside agencies has the public wondering if they can trust their government to keep them safe from nuclear disaster More »
Video: Search and Rescue Against the Odds in Japan

Days after the deadly tsunami wiped out the town of Natori on Japan's east coast, rescue teams keep searching for survivors More »
Video: American Volunteers in Japan

Some U.S. Air Force and Navy members stationed in Japan spend free time to help clean the port city of Misawa, still ravaged from the earthquake and tsunami More »
Photos: Found in the Rubble of the Japanese Earthquake

Small household items convey the enormity of the tragedy More »
Photos: The Earthquake's Aftermath

The country assesses the damage from the 8.9 magnitude earthquake and deadly tsunami that struck March 11 More »
Aftermath: How Japan Will Recover from the Quake

To make their nation whole after the terrible tsunami, the Japanese will need resilience and fortitude. They have deep reserves of both. More »
10 Most Heroic Animals

Video has surfaced of a dog who refused to leave behind an injured hound amid the devastation in Japan. TIME looks at some of history's most courageous animals More »
Video: The Health Dangers of Radiation Exposure

As evacuees flee areas near the crippled nuclear reactors in Japan, TIME's Alice Park looks at the real health dangers of radiation exposure More »
'They Promised It Was Safe': Japan's Nuclear Refugees Flee

Battling aftershocks, fearing radiation and still searching for lost loved ones, Japanese citizens from the evacuation zone are fleeing inland More »
Video: Japan's Nuclear Crisis Explained in Four Minutes

The 9.0 magnitude Japan earthquake has created one of the most serious nuclear crises the world has ever faced. TIME explains how the Fukushima catastrophe unfolded More »
Is Japan's Bureaucracy Strangling Aid Efforts?

Japan is a model of efficiency. So why is its government taking so long to get relief to the hundreds of thousands of displaced people? More »
How Far Will Stocks Drop on Japan's Meltdown Fears?

The US stock market, it appears, won't dodge the Japanese earthquake More »
How to Avoid the Next Disaster

One lesson U.S. policymakers should learn from the Japan earthquake: development money spent now can help stave off calamity later More »
How Japan Became a Leader in Disaster Preparation

After a 1923 earthquake rocked Tokyo, the devastation was so complete that Japan considered moving the capital. Instead, they rebuilt — very carefully. More »
The Real Cost of U.S. Nuclear Power

The U.S. atomic revival had stalled long before the Japanese crisis made new reactors radioactive More »
The World's 10 Deadliest Earthquakes

An 8.9-magnitude earthquake has hit northeastern Japan, producing a destructive tsunami that swept through several coastal areas. TIME takes a look at some of history's most unforgiving earthquakes More »
Video: A Father's Quest

In Sendai, Japan, a man searches for his daughter who worked in the tsunami-damaged airport, as students from a nearby school tell of surviving the disaster More »
How Disaster Brings Out the Best in People

Contrary to commonly held fears about crowd panic, chaos and looting, studies show that disorder is the exception, not the rule, after large-scale tragedies More »
How to Stop a Nuclear Meltdown

The problems at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant are dire, but there still may be time to avert catastrophe More »
Photos: The Worst Nuclear Disasters

As fears of a meltdown at the earthquake and tsunami-damaged Fukushima nuclear plant persist, TIME takes a look at some of the more frightening nuclear mishaps of the past More »

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