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03-12-2011, 02:12 AM #1
Japan braces for N-reactor meltdown after tsunami
1:01 a.m. Saturday, March 12, 2011
Japan braces for N-reactor meltdown after tsunami
By JAY ALABASTER
The Associated Press
SENDAI, Japan — Japan launched a massive, military-led rescue operation Saturday after a giant quake and tsunami killed hundreds of people and turned the northeastern coast into a swampy wasteland as authorities braced for a possible meltdown at a nuclear reactor.
Prime Minister Naoto Kan said he is sending 50,000 troops for the rescue and recovery efforts following Friday's 8.9-magnitude quake that unleashed one of the greatest disasters Japan has witnessed — a 23-foot (7-meter) tsunami that washed far inland over fields, smashing towns, airports and highways in its way.
The official death toll stood at 413, while 784 people were missing and 1,128 injured. In addition, police said between 200 and 300 bodies were found along the coast in Sendai, the biggest city in the area near the quake's epicenter. An untold number of bodies were also believed to be lying in the rubble and debris. Rescue workers had yet to reach the hardest-hit areas.
Adding to the worries was the damage at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, where two reactors had lost cooling ability.
Because of the overheating, a meltdown was possible at one of the reactors, said Ryohei Shiomi, an official with Japan's nuclear safety commission.
But even if there was a meltdown, it wouldn't affect humans outside a six-mile (10-kilometer) radius, he said.
More than 215,000 people were living in 1,350 temporary shelters in five prefectures, or states, the national police agency said. Since the quake, more than 1 million households have not had water, mostly concentrated in northeast.
Kan said a total of 190 military planes and 25 ships have been sent to the area.
"Most of houses along the coastline were washed away, and fire broke out there," he said after inspecting the quake area in a helicopter. "I realized the extremely serious damage the tsunami caused."
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March 12, 2011 01:01 AM EST
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03-12-2011, 03:48 AM #2
I'm sorry this happened, but at least we don't have to worry about a lot of illegal alien Japanese seeking hardship visas to remain here. I don't think we have many, if any, illegal alien Japanese in the country.
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03-12-2011, 09:45 AM #3
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03-12-2011, 04:25 PM #4Originally Posted by Mickey
ICE repatriates 98 immigration violators to Asia on Seattle charter flight
Filipinos, Vietnamese, Cambodians, Malaysians, Indonesians and Japanese returned to their countries
SEATTLE - In a chartered flight that originated in Seattle on Aug. 31, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) returned 96 immigration violators to the Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Japan and Cambodia; 66 of them had committed criminal offenses in the United States.
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03-12-2011, 04:31 PM #5
Stranded Japanese visitors may be given 30 more days to stay
By Elizabeth Aguilera, Staff Writer
March 11, 2011 at 7:35 p.m.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is offering Japanese nationals stuck in the U.S. because of the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan Thursday more time.
Japanese who are close to or have exceeded their authorized stay in the country may be allowed to apply for an additional 30 days before they must leave the country, according to USCIS.
To apply for the extension go to a local USCIS office or at an airport contact the U.S. Customs and Border Protection office. Visitors must show a passport, evidence of being stranded such as a canceled flight itinerary and an I-94 departure record.
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