“I’m currently giving the last review to the report; the plan is to end at 3:00 pm” “ok‚ that went quite fast Harima San‚ glad you are working with us” “is always a pleasure Mr. Ludwig” This is Kiteretsu company‚ located at Sendai Capital Tower at 13F in Sendai‚ capital of the prefecture of Miyagi Harima works for Google Inc. under the director Eduard Ludwig‚ his daily life consists in sending daily reports to the director‚ his reports are based on statistics that help the director take decisions
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Japan Tsunami and Earthquake Sion Hau 7D 31/07/11 An earthquake occurred in Sendai‚ Japan on the 11th of March in 2011; this earthquake also resulted in a tsunami. The earthquake measured at magnitude 8.9-9.0 on the Richter scale‚ the scale is measured in powers of ten (e.g. magnitude 2.0 is ten times more than magnitude 1.0). Japan sits on the Ring of Fire (an area encircling Pacific Ocean that has high volcanic and earthquake
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coast of sendai. A 400 to 500 km long segment of the north american plate which was being subducted Japan lies at a major triple junction of three major plates which interact in a complex and unpredictable way. The leading edge of the Pacific plate subducts beneath the westward moving Eurasian plate creating the worlds deepest known trench i.e. Marianas trench. In this same area the Pacific Plate subducts beneath the Philippine plate. Factors that contributed to the vunerability: Off Sendai there is
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SAFER CONSTRUCTION PRACTICES Disaster risk reduction (DRR) is a systematic approach to identifying‚ assessing and reducing the risks of disaster. It aims to reduce socio-economic vulnerabilities to disaster as well as dealing with the environmental and other hazards that trigger them: Heddre it has been strongly influenced by the mass of research on vulnerability that has appeared in print since the mid-1970s.[1] It is the responsibility of development and relief agencies alike. It should be an integral
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with the high magnitude‚ the tsunami affected not only Japan but also the coast of the United States; such as Hawaii‚ California‚ and Oregon. Reaching at about 33 feet high‚ the tsunami inundated the coast while flooding parts of Sendai. The Natori River‚ which separates Sendai from Natori was overflown from the large amounts of water. As for the town of Miyako‚ it was completely washed away. Fukushima Daiich‚ one of the two nuclear plants was struck. The damage caused was to the pumping
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that shattered the life of thousands when an earthquake of 9.0 on Richter scale literally shook the country followed by a tsunami of 15 meters high washing out Cities‚ Towns and Lands in the Prefectures (State) of Miyagi‚ Fukushima‚ and Iwate and causing places like Sendai to become wastelands of debris dead bodies and tearful survivors further causing the damage to Nuclear Power plants in Fukushima‚ triggering invisible danger of radiation and fearful days yet to come. Otherwise‚ people in Japan were anticip
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The tsunami travelled at 500mph towards Sendai‚ and went up to 10km inland in the Sendai area‚ reaching a height of about 33ft. It reached Tokyo in 90 seconds from its original point 232 miles away. Tokyo had 60 seconds warning. Ofanato was hit 20 minutes after the earthquake‚ Onagawa and Sendai were said to be the most effected places.
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as 10 metres in some parts‚ reached more than five kilometres inland.The meteorological agency issued its top-level evacuation alerts for the entire Japanese coast amid warnings of a tsunami of between six and 10 metres. Towns and farms around Sendai city in northern Japan have been engulfed by a seven-metre tsunami‚ while a four-metre wave swamped parts of Kamaishi on the Pacific coast.Residents have been ordered to high ground and stay away from the coast as tsunamis can strike in several waves
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1. Introduction 1.1 Background Japan has the third largest economy in the world. As it is surrounded by sea‚ the country’s port plays an important role in maritime transportation for both exports and imports. In March 2011‚ the world was affected when Japan was struck with natural disasters (Earthquake and Tsunami). This sudden disaster sent everyone around the world into frenzy. It affected Japan’s ports‚ shipping and logistics. As a result of the natural disasters‚ ports in the northern area
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