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On March 11, the largest earthquake on record struck Japan and generated a thirty-foot tsunami that inundated the country's northeast coast. The death toll is estimated at over thirteen thousand with thousands more missing, and the country is grappling with power shortages, search and rescue efforts, and the need to provide shelter and other services for victims. The disaster also caused a set of catastrophic events at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. Over one hundred thousand people have been evacuated in the area surrounding the plant; some are already suffering from radiation exposure. Several powerful aftershocks have complicated search and rescue efforts and hampered official efforts at bringing the nuclear situation under control. The triple-fold crisis has ignited debate over the prospects for the Japanese economy and has significant implications for the future of nuclear power in Japan and around the world.
Overview
- Must Read: New York Times: Japan Disaster as Bleak as Chernobyl
- Must Read: Foreign Policy: Japan's Black Swan
- Must Read: Wall Street Journal: Japan's Crisis Bolsters Its Military
- Must Read: Atlantic Monthly: Can Women Be a Catalyst for Renewal?
- Must Read: Reuters: Japan's Disaster in Figures
- Must Read: LA Times: Japan's Well-Built Society
- Blog: Sheila Smith: NGO Efforts to Meet Japan's Needs
- Expert Brief: Joshua Kurlantzick: Lessons for Japan in 2004 Tsunami
- Interview: Seth Cropsey: The U.S. Humanitarian Mission in Japan
- Transcript: Michael Levi and Sheila Smith: The Implications of Japan's Quake
- Essential Document: Japan's Nuclear Safety Agency: Seismic Damage Information
Nuclear Crisis
- Interview: John Ahearne: After Fukushima, Examining Nuclear Power Safety
- Must Read: BBC: Health Risks of Radiation Exposure
- Must Read: Brookings: Assessing Regulatory Failure in Japan and the U.S.
- Must Read: Der Spiegel: Visiting Japan's Nuclear Ghost Towns
- Must Read: Economist: Living with Radiation
- Interview: Charles Ferguson: Japan's Crisis for Nuclear Power
- Analysis Brief: Japan's Nuclear Woes
- Expert Brief: Laurie Garrett: Chernobyl's Lessons for Japan
- Must Read: Union of Concerned Scientists: ABCs of Nuclear Reactor Disaster
- Must Read: Clive Cookson: Nuclear Power: Hell and High Water
Energy Policy Impact
- First Take: Michael Levi: Japan's Impact on U.S. Nuclear Power
- Blog: Scott Snyder: U.S.-South Korea Nuclear Relationship After Fukushima
- Blog: Elizabeth Economy: Japan and China's New Nuclear Accountability
- Must Read: National Journal: Is Any Energy Form Safe?
- Must Read: Ria Novosti: EU's Energy after Fukushima
- Must Read: Edward Markey: Wall Street is Nuclear Power's Biggest Threat
- Must Read: Weekly Standard: Avoiding a Fossil Fuel Renaissance
- Backgrounder: Nuclear Power Expansion Challenges
- Poll: Pew: Opposition to Nuclear Power Rises amid Japan Crisis
- Must Read: Fortune: Six Experts on What's Next for Nuclear Power
- Must Read: Foreign Policy: Atomic Dogs
- Op-Ed: Michael A. Levi: Five Myths About Nuclear Energy
Economic Impact
- Must Read: Reuters: Economic Impact Worse Than Feared
- Must Read: Financial Times: What Japan's Post-Quake Data Says So Far
- Must Read: Wall Street Journal: China Expands Ban on Japan Food Imports
- Must Read: The Diplomat: Japan's New Deal Opportunity
- Interview: Sebastian Mallaby: Japan's Economic Aftershocks
- Must Read: Japan Times: Unrequited Hope for Kan
- First Take: Sheila Smith: The Costs of Japan's Tsunami
- Op-Ed: Amity Shlaes: Four Ways the U.S. Can Help Japan and Itself
- Must Read: Reuters: Restrictions on Japan's Food Exports
- Must Read: U.S. News and World Reports: How the Quake Will Rattle World Economy
- Must Read: Nouriel Roubini: Earthquake Is 'Worst Thing' at Worst Time for Japan Economy
- Must Read: Telegraph: Mountainous Public Debt Won't Constrain Japan's Recovery
- Must Read: Financial Times: G7 Intervenes to Weaken Yen
Multimedia
- Documentary: PBS NOVA: Japan's Killer Quake
- Wall Street Journal: Map of Deaths, Missing, and Evacuees
- New York Times: Radiation at Fukushima Daiichi
- BBC Timeline: Nuclear Plant Accidents
- CFR Interactive: Nuclear Energy Guide
- Video: Michael A. Levi: Global Implications for Nuclear Energy
- New York Times: Map of the Damage from the Japanese Earthquake
- New York Times: How a Reactor Shuts Down and What Happens in a Meltdown
