Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Japan, new shock measuring 6.2 Ten thousand people dead or missing

At least 2,722 dead and 3,742 missing. And 'This is the official death toll of the earthquake in Japan, so far as spread by the Japanese national police. Serious consequences in the financial sector, with the Tokyo Stock Exchange which closed sharply downward: the Nikkei index has lost 10.55%, but managed to recover from the 14.4% recorded during the session.

15.10 - Flights Alitalia regular "From today, flights" traItalia and Japan "are full and regular, we have only moved up one day, when there will be four flights instead of three." This was confirmed by the chief executive of Alitalia, Rocco Sabelli, on the sidelines of the General Assembly of Unindustria.

"We are keeping everything smooth, even if the flight crew traveling with the double," he added. 14:57 - Japanese Foreign Minister: "The situation is still difficult," In Fukushima, the situation in the reactor continues to be difficult. " He said in Paris on Japanese Foreign Minister Takeaki Matsumoto.

"We work in a tense situation and we do everything we can to solve problems. In the fourth reactor there 's a fire in progress, a situation that could create health problems for people who have intervened to repair it. Inject water into the reactor 3 and we invited those who live within 30 km to evacuate.

" 14:38 - New Kick A new grade 6.2 strong earthquake, estimated at about 6.2 degrees, shook Japan. The epicenter was located in Shizuoka prefecture, about 120 kilometers southwest of Tokyo near Mount Fuji, the area where the quake was most felt, according to the Japanese Meteorological Agency.

The hypocenter was 10 kilometers deep, the agency said. 14.35 - Italian Embassy: "Those who can, leave Japan" Italians "who do not have compelling reasons to stay, leave the country or at least go to the South.'' And 'the invitation that the Italian Ambassador Vincenzo Petrone reiterated their compatriots from the microphones of Sky Tg24 while excluding the evacuation time from Japan.

"There are people who may engage in professional even moving - the diplomat said - for example many great Italian restaurant in Tokyo who are now in Osaka. " Petrone said that the embassy will do its utmost to secure an emergency where the Italians were to be "acute" but "for now - he added - we're not there yet." Flights to Italy are still operating and tomorrow there will be three of Alitalia flights from Narita.

Finally, as regards the activities of the Embassy, \u200b\u200bconcluded Petrone, the Italian branch "is totally open and not a single employee who is absent." They are about two thousand italianiancora's in Japan, of which a thousand in Tokyo. 14.15 - New Budget victims: 10 thousand dead and missing Salt dramatically the death toll from the earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan last week.

According to the agency Kyodo, the Japanese Police Department confirms over 10 thousand people dead or missing in five days by the earthquake. The bodies were identified at 1060 and about 420 have been returned to their families. 13.20 - Lufthansa suspends flights over the country The German national airline has suspended flights to the capital and the north-east of Japan.

The decision has matured after the alarm on the escape of radiation. The flights were diverted to the cities of Osaka and Nagoya. Alitalia but is in regular flights to Tokyo Narita and Osaka, Rome Fiumicino and Milan Malpensa. 13.00 - A robot to search for survivors to look for any survivors neldisastro Japanese are working too many teams of engineers are using the most advanced robots available in this field, including a 'snake 8 m able to slip in the tunnels close .

, Said Robin Murphy, director of the Center for Robot-Assisted Search and Rescue of Texas A & M University. The university in recent days was hosting a meeting on the subject including the involvement of the main Japanese experts, who have now returned home, "Satoshi Takodoro University in Sendai are using their own in the Japanese city the Active Scope Camera, which is the best robot capable of working in tight spaces in the world - writes Murphy - while Eiji Koyanagi Quince uses the robot around the area of \u200b\u200bTokyo.

Other groups of which I have no direct confirmation using robots are working. " The Active Scope Camera is a robot equipped with remote-controlled camera that is shaped like a snake than eight meters in length. 11:22 - Annual Journal earthquake: At least 2,722 dead and 3,742 missing and 'at least 2,722 dead and 3,742 missing in the official budget drawn up by the Japanese National Police in relation to the magnitude 8.9 earthquake on Friday hit the north-east of country, and the 'tsunami' which emerged.

Yesterday, the statement had arrested 1,647 people dead or missing units. The wounded amounted to 1,885 as a minimum but, again at official level. The authorities have long warned, however, to expect the victims nunero exceed ten thousand meters. As for material damage, the giant tidal wave generated by the quake destroyed or damaged more than 55,830 in the complex between houses and other buildings.

In particular, over three thousand homes were completely flooded, while one hundred and thirty were burned. Between landslides and mudslides, they totaled 68. 9.25 - The stock market in free fall Tokyo Stock Exchange closed with a 10.55% fall in the Nikkei index, which managed to contain the fall in late trading, driven at a meeting of up to -14, caused widespread panic among investors for the worsening nuclear crisis.

In closing, the Nikkei 225 index of the core values \u200b\u200bfell from an altitude of 1015.34 points to 8605.15 points. The activity reached a record 5.78 billion shares traded on the market first. The broader Topix index saw a fall of 80.23 points to 766.73, a decrease of 9.47%. For the Topix index is the largest decline since October 2008.

For both indices, in percentage terms, the third worst of all time. The government could intervene directly in the stock market. This was stated by Minister of Economic and fiscal policies, Kaoru Yosano, suggesting an unusual move to support the scales, after the Nikkei fell 10.55% today, on fears the crisis of the nuclear power plant in Fukushima.

"It could be a little 'early to talk about, but the government has an option of this kind," he said. 8.00 - The Japanese stock market goes mad the Tokyo Stock Exchange gets out of control and crashed by 14.4% due to difficulties in the management of the Fukushima nuclear plant problems and risks associated with radiation: the Nikkei falls to 8257.56 points.

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