pictures are from dailymail.co.uk
more pictures of Japan earthquake and tsunami, go to
LIFE.com
New York Times You can see updated photos on NY Times page.
I still can't believe this happened in east of Japan on Friday. My family live near Tokyo, and they are fine. I have relatives in Akita, and I hope they are ok.
I sent e-mails to some friends of mine, and they could go home safe by 2 or 3 hours walk.
One of models whom I worked with for my series "re:birth" is from Fukushima, where damaged a lot and there is the nuclear power station which blasted. According to her update, she, her family and her neighbors are safe, though her house was damaged a lot.
There are still a lot of aftershocks, and sometimes they are big quakes. So people in east of Japan are still tense.
South Korea, the USA, England, France,Germany, Switzerland, New Zealand, Singapore, China, a lot of countries have sent rescue teams to Japan. I appreciate their help.
Since I'm in France right now, what I can do is only donation. I will donate my sales of photo book "re:birth" to rebuild damaged places.
The biggest problem right now is radiation from Fukushima nuclear plants. But many Japanese are calm, though they must worry a lot. Victims and other Japanese are tied, and support each other.
As a Japanese, I feel really sad and depressed. But I believe Japan will be able to overcome the difficulties, and Japan will rebirth!!
More detail of the earthquake, tsunami and huge blast of nuclear power station, click http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1365318/Japan-earthquake-tsunami-The-moment-mother-nature-engulfed-nation.html
and
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12722187
If you can understand Japanese, you can watch some Japanese news of the earthquake on Internet from everywhere.
NHK
update: March 19th 7,653 people dead so far, and 1 ,011,746 people are still missing.
update: March 23th 9,523 people dead so far, and 1 ,006,094 people are still missing.
http://ikuka.net
