TEPCO announced the work schedule for the accident settling of the first nuclear plant in Fukushima.

Tokyo Electric Power Company announced the work schedule for the accident settling of the first nuclear plant in Fukushima.

It aims to hold off the leakage of the radioactive substance that continues after the accident occurs 6-9 month later, and to enable the release of the shelter district.

TEPCO expressed three months of the process until settling based on this in the future, "Step 1".

Moreover, 3-6 month afterwards was expressed , "Step 2".

The maximum target of "Step 1" is a stable cooling of the nuclear reactor.

It aims to fill the nuclear reactors of the 1st and the 3rd machines with water, to make cooling water circulate, and to recover an original cooling function.

In "Step 2", the leakage of the radioactive substance in the atmosphere is finally enclosed.

It is examined to cover the reactor building with the seat.

It will be necessary to examine restoration and the revival plan after victims come home in the future.

Tokyo Electric Power Company will show the prospect for settling the accident of the first nuclear plant in Fukushima by the end of a day or two.

Edano Chief Cabinet Secretary described reporters in Fukushima City, saying that "It is planned that Tokyo Electric Power Company will show the prospect for settling the accident of the first nuclear plant of Tokyo Electric Power Company Fukushima by the end of a day or two".

To show outlook for the future for settling the nuclear accident immediately, Kan Prime Minister had been directing Tokyo Electric Power Company over this accident.

Damage situation and the police measures of the Tohoku region Pacific Ocean coast earthquake in 2011(April 11th 19:00).

One month has passed from the occurrence of the East Japan great earthquake today.

Damage situation and the police measures of the Tohoku region Pacific Ocean coast earthquake in 2011(April 11th 19:00). by The National Police Agency urgent disaster guard headquarters

■Death toll
 Miyagi Prefecture ・・・ 8,017
 Iwate Prefecture ・・・ 3,825
 Fukushima Prefecture ・・・ 1,226
 etc.

 It goes up to 13,130 people in total.

■Missing person

 Miyagi Prefecture ・・・ 6,387
 Fukushima Prefecture ・・・ 3,236
 Iwate Prefecture ・・・ 4,091
 etc.

 It goes up to 13,718 people in total.

■It goes up to 26,848 people when the number of the death toll and missing person is totaled.

■There are 4,819 injured person.

■Damage in building

 Complete or Partial destruction ・・・ 59,787
 Partial damage ・・・ 152,076

Momentary image for giant tsunami of 15m in height to overcome the Fukushima nuclear power plant.



A momentary image for a huge tsunami to overcome the first nuclear power plant in Fukushima was open to the public for the first time due to the East Japan great earthquake.

The height of the tsunami reached 15 meters.

The Self Defense Forces and the U.S. military jointly execute the second concentrated search on April 10.

On April 9, the Self Defense Forces announced that the second large-scale concentrated search will be executed in each prefecture, Iwate, Miyagi, and Fukushima on April 10 due to the East Japan great earthquake.

The number of mobilizations of searches is about 22,000 people, it is executed from 8:00AM to the sunset, and about as many as 110 person U.S. army participates.

Radioactivity measures special force "CBIRF" of United States Marine Corps.



Radioactivity measures special force "CBIRF" of United States Marine Corps which had come to Japan last week opened training to the public to reporters.

925 new members including a lot of Miyagi natives joined the Maritime Self-Defense Force.


The Maritime Self-Defense Force announced that 925 new members in total joined the Maritime Self-Defense Force education corps in the whole country on April 8, and opened the appearance of the enlistment ceremony to the public in the photograph.

In the entire Maritime Self-Defense Force, 641 men and 284 women joined an educational corps in the whole country including the Yokosuka education corps.

In the enlistment ceremony, it is assumed that all members swore to serve, "I do not look back on danger, and serve to the completion of the obligation".

A lot of natives in Miyagi Prefecture etc. that have received damage extensive due to the East Japan great earthquake are included in the new member announced this time.

The Maritime Self-Defense Force introduced the comment of the female self-defense force official "I wanted to be useful for an embarrassed person in the future by the disaster relief operation etc. as the sanitary person of the warship" in the press release.

As for a new member who joined the army this month, it is scheduled to be assigned to each force after the education and training lasting for several months corresponding to the enlistment course after this summer.

The tsunami of the East Japan great earthquake run up to 37.9 meters in height in Iwate Prefecture Miyako City.

It turned out for the tsunami of the East Japan great earthquake to run up to 37.9 meters in height in Iwate Prefecture Miyako City by the site investigation of Earthquake Research Institute of the University of Tokyo on April 3.

It is the maximum record in the tsunami investigation of the current East Japan great earthquake.

At "Meiji-Sanriku Earthquake" (1896), the tsunami of 38.2 meters was observed in Iwate Prefecture Ofunato City.

The height of the tsunami that turned out this time is the one following it.

Remains of two workers who were missing after the East Japan great earthquake on March 11 had been found.

Tokyo Electric Power Company clarified that remains of two workers who were missing after the East Japan great earthquake on March 11 had been found at the turbine building underground of the fourth machine of the first nuclear plant in Fukushima on April 3.

Two people are 21 years old and 24-year-old man according to the announcement of Tokyo Electric Power Company at the press conference on the same day.

They were working on the site when the earthquake occurred.

There were signs of two or more injuries and massive bleedings on the body of two people, and one remains were floating in ditchwater in the underground.

According to the announcement, remains had been discovered on March 30.

The number of children who became orphan due to the East Japan great earthquake is about at least 60.

According to the announcement of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, the number of children who became orphan due to the East Japan great earthquake is about at least 60.

The number of less than 18-year-old child who lost parents due to this earthquake is 50 people in Iwate Prefecture and 16 people in Miyagi Prefecture as of April 1.

An accurate number of people cannot be gripped due to the manpower shortage etc. though Child Guidance Center in the stricken area is advancing the earthquake orphan's grasp by visiting the refuge.

An orphan number has the possibility of increasing further in the future.

On the other hand, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology started the examination that made elementary and junior high schools of all dormitory system for the earthquake orphan in Iwate Prefecture.

They are to confirm an orphan number, to decide a concrete number of schools, and to make the construction project.

The direct runoff to the sea of heavily polluted water of the second machine was confirmed.

A person related to the government clarified that the direct runoff to the sea of heavily polluted water of the second machine had been confirmed concerning the accident of the first nuclear power plant in Fukushima on April 2.

The cause is thought to be a concrete crack of the storing equipment that is called "Pit" between the second machine and the quay.

The government reports to Prime Minister Naoto Kan who is inspecting the stricken area, and speeds up the examination of the countermeasure.