2021 ⟶ Japan Approves Fukushima Water Release into Pacific Ocean
April 13: Japan's government approves the dumping of radioac...
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💥 Great Hanshin Earthquake Devastates Kobe
January 17: A 6.9 Mw Great Hanshin earthquake strikes the southern Hyōgo Prefecture of Japan with a maximum Shindo of VII, leaving 5,502–6,434 people dead, and 251,301–310,000 displaced.⟶
EarthquakeNatural DisasterDisaster ReliefInfrastructure
Japan🚇 Tokyo Subway Sarin Attack
March 20: The Tokyo subway sarin attack, an act of domestic terrorism perpetrated by members of the doomsday cult movement Aum Shinrikyo (now Aleph), in which they released sarin, an extremely toxic synthetic compound, in five coordinated attacks, resulting in 13 deaths and 6,252 injuries.⟶
TerrorismDomestic TerrorismCultPublic Transportation
Japan☢️ Tōhoku Earthquake and Fukushima Nuclear Disaster
March 11: A 9.1 earthquake in Japan triggers a tsunami and the meltdown of the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant.⟶
EarthquakeTsunamiNuclear DisasterNatural DisasterEnergyEnvironmentalismDisaster Response
Japan☢️ Japan Approves Fukushima Water Release into Pacific Ocean
April 13: Japan's government approves the dumping of radioactive water of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the Pacific Ocean over the course of 30 years, with full support of the International Atomic Energy Agency.⟶
Nuclear DisasterEnvironmentalism
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