9th anniversary of triple disaster overshadowed by virus

Terrible event, horrific memories linger. RIP to those who perished and thoughts with those who managed to survive.

Truely hope we never experience anything like this again.

Terrible event, horrific memories linger. RIP to those who perished and thoughts with those who managed to survive. Truely hope we never experience anything like this again.

Sadly, it will happen again. If only we could know "when" to save lives :/

Still remember where I was, and what happened, at the exact time and date, and I will never forget. Nor will most other people never forget. As such, I don't think the people speaking as though it's a contest between the memory of these disasters and the current disaster unfolding. People can pay their respects on their own, outside of groups. Or they can do so in groups, ignoring government "advice". But I'm quite sure, again, that everyone in the nation has at least thought about 3/11 if they were here at the time.

Zichi, walls will have gates. No issues.

But there will always be those markers in stone up on the coastal mountains telling nobody to build below this point. The walls will not be big enough when a super tsunami hits, and it will over and over again. The earth is a dynamic living creature

My j-wife's girlfriend's mother in law and daughter in law were washed away and never found in that disaster. What a way to go. RIP

Zichi,

You were a godsend 9 years ago.

Your info was awesome.

9 years ago......for anyone who wasn't here was way worse than Corona.

If the wind and nuclear reaction had been worse we would have all been dead.

Overshadowed, but never forgotten.

May their souls rest in peace all those we lost in these horrific events. I remember vividly March 11, 2011, 2:46 pm, the very moment the earthquake struck. In central Tokyo, Chiyoda Ku and the subsequent events of that night. Was forced to seek shelter and spent the night in an elementary school gymnasium near Akihabara because all train lines grounded and couldn't go home in Yokohama.

Images one can never forget.

I watched this morning on the news an old woman praying and silently crying, still dealing with the anguish and pain she suffered 9 years ago as if it were yesterday. One can only imagine her pain and loss. It made me cry this morning. I was in the countryside in Oita when this happened. I was shocked and thought it was a movie or something.

I live in Iwate, thankfully inland, so no tsunami here, but my house was damaged by the earthquake.

More so, my soul is damaged every time I think of those who were lost.

But the greatest thing is the spirit of the Japanese people who live around me. They gave me great hope for recovery, and they, and I, will do everything we can to continue that recovery, despite all the hindrances that PM Abe puts in front of us. Think of all that money that went to the Olympics that might be cancelled that could have instead been used for recovery. Absolutely sickening.

Luckily, it is the Japanese people, not the Japanese government, that is strong enough to bring us forward to recovery.