The Triple Disaster's

Impact on Japan
Earthquake, Tsunami, Meltdown
March 11, 2011

Earthquake
The 9.0 magnitude (MW) undersea
megathrust earthquake occurred on 11
March 2011 at 14:46 JST in the northwestern Pacific Ocean at a relatively
shallow depth of 32km (19.9mi), with its
epicenter approximately 72km (45mi)
east of the Oshika Peninsula of Thoku,
Japan, lasting approximately six minutes.

Tsunami
an estimated wave height of
38.9meters (128ft) at Omoe
peninsula, Miyako city, Japan

Casualties:

Infrastractures:

15,887 deaths 127,290 buildings

6,150 injured
totally collapsed
2,615 people 272,788 buildings
missing
'half collapsed'
The earthquake and tsunami also caused
extensive and severe structural damage in
north-eastern Japan, including heavy
damage to roads and railways as well as
fires in many areas, and a dam collapse.

Meltdown
The earthquake and resultant tsunami
were bad enough caused a radioactive
leak at the Fukushima nuclear power plant.
a raging fire spewed radioactive particles
into the jet stream for days, contaminated
the surrounding countryside
Radiation showed up in local milk and
vegetables, and briefly appeared in Tokyo's
drinking water.

Impact on Japan's Economy

the Japanese government estimated that the
cost of just the direct material damage could
exceed 25trillion ($300billion)
Rebuilding will lift the economy a bit, but it
will be outweighed by the probable increase
to the national debt -- already twice as big
as Japan's annual economic output
damaged or closed down key ports, and
some airports shut briefly. This disrupted the
global supply chain of semiconductor
equipment and materials.

Impact on Japan's
Economy
An estimated 23,600 hectares of farmland were
damaged (3%4% of Japan's rice production)
total damage to Japan's fishing industry, was
estimated at 1.26 trillion
Automakers Toyota, Nissan, Honda, Mitsubishi
and Suzuki temporarily suspended production
By March 2012, 644 companies in Japan had
been forced into bankruptcy
Sony also suspended production
Japan's Nikkei stock market index saw its
futures slide 5% in after-market trading

Governments Actions
On 14 March, the Bank of Japan,
injected 15trillion yen into the
money markets to assure financial
stability
enlarged a programme to buy
government bonds to exchangetraded funds to the tune of 10trillion
yen
200billion yen would be used to fund
the immediate recovery efforts

 Support from US
Aid pledged:
USAID - $8 million
Department of Defense - $35
million

A year after the Disaster

Industrial production advanced 3.8%
in December 2011, followed by a
further 2% increase in January 2012.
The Nikkei equity index has
advanced by about 9%