Write An Essay About The Tohoku Earthquake

The Tohoku Earthquake was the most powerful earthquake recorded to have hit Japan. The earthquake was a magnitude 9.0 off the coasts of Japan that occurred at 2:46pm on Friday 11 March 2011, which triggered a powerful tsunami that reached the height up to 10.4 meters. A Japanese National Police Agency reported 15,889 deaths, 6,152 injured, and 2,601 people missing, 127,290 buildings totally collapse, 272,788 buildings half collapse, and another 747,989 buildings partially damaged. The Tohoku earthquake and tsunami caused severe structural damage in northeastern Japan, including heavy damage to roads, railways and dams, not to mention fires in many areas. It was the toughest and the most difficult crisis in Japan after the World War 2 leaving

Japan’s real gross domestic product (GDP) contracted 3.7% for the quarter of January to March 2011. The northern Tohoku that was most affected, accounts for about 8% of the country’s GDP, with factories that manufacture goods such as cars, beer and energy infrastructure. Other than Tohoku, Miyagi accounts for 1.7% of Japan’s GDP, an area that includes manufacturing and industrial zones dealing with chemical and electronic plants. About 23,600 hectares of farmland were damaged by the tsunami, this affected 3-4% of Japan’s rice production. About 4.37 million chickens died following the earthquake and tsunami, causing a short in the supply of feed for overseas suppliers. An estimated 90% of fishing boats in Miyagi, Iwate, and Fukushima were unusable by the tsunami; at least 440 fishermen were killed or missing. The total damage to Japan's fishing industry was estimated at ¥1.26 trillion. It is said that the estimated economic loss may be around 171 billion–$183 billion just in the region hit by the quake and tsunami. Because of the Tohoku Earthquake and tsunami caused many lands, resources (food, human, products, machines) and enterprise in ruins, with these damaged done, Japan’s economic problems will be hard to