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6 September 2012 - 2:23pmThe World Humanitarian Day (WHD) 2012 campaign is being hailed as the most successful yet due to its massive social outreach, which resonated in the world’s most disaster-prone region: Asia and the Pacific. This year’s campaign, which was launched in advance of WHD (19 August), made social... -
20 March 2012 - 7:51pmOn 11 March 2011, Japan experienced one of the worst natural disasters in its history. The Great East Japan Earthquake claimed nearly 16,000 lives and destroyed some 128,000 homes and buildings. More than 3,200 people are still missing. Prior to the one-year anniversary commemorations, the Head of the OCHA... -
9 March 2012 - 3:42pmOn 11 March 2011, Japan experienced one of the worst natural disasters in its history. The Great East Japan Earthquake claimed nearly 16,000 lives and destroyed some 128,000 homes and buildings. More than 3,200 people are still missing. In the hours following the disaster, a joint OCHA/UN... -
1 April 2011 - 12:50pmOn April 1 2011, Japan’s Self Defense Force and the US military launched a three-day, 25,000 personnel joint operation to recover the bodies of people still unaccounted for in the Miyagi, Iwate and Fukushima prefecture coastal areas where over 16,000 people remain missing. Recovering bodies of the... -
25 March 2011 - 9:53amRadiation levels above the legal limit have been detected in tap water, milk and leafy vegetables in prefectures closest to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. The Government of Japan has warned residents to not consume any of these products, and four prefectures in the area have been ordered to suspend...
