RIKUZENTAKATA-PrimeMinister(PM)of JapanNaotoKanforthe firsttimeto visitareasdevastatedby the earthquakethat accompaniedthe tsunamiinRikuzetakata.The cityisreportedly 2000peopledeadormissing. Kanwhousehelicoptersduringthisvisit,alsohadstoppednear FukushimaPrefecture. His arrivaltoFukushimain order toshowsupportto therescuers whosacrificedtheir livestopreventleakagefromnuclear power plants(NPP)Fukushima. InRikuzentakata,IwatePrefecture, about1000peoplewere confirmed deadwhileanotherstatedapproximately1300are still missinguntilnow.Whilerescuerscontinued tosearch forvictims ofthe earthquakeMarch 11,despitemorethanfourweeksagoan earthquakealongthe tsunami struck. Rikuzentakataowncitysufferedheavydamage.This condition may be seenfromthe treesandbeautifulbeaches,nowhas not lookedbackafteran earthquakemeasuring9on the Richterscale (SR)hit. Whilethousands ofcitizensstillseemto surviveinsheltersprovided bythe government. WhentheFukushimaPMKanhada meetingwithlocalmayorsMegumiShimanuki.Shimanukiwholosthis wifeduring a disaster March 11,assessthe governmentis toofocusedon the Fukushimanuclear power plantrather thanthevictims ofthe earthquakeandtsunami. "The government istoo focused onFukushimanuclear power plant,not thevictims ofthe tsunami.Bothvictims ofthe earthquake andpowerFukushima,bothneedattention,"saidShimanukias quoted byAFP onSaturday(04/02/2011).
Fukushimanuclear power plantitselfis rumored toreturn to experiencea leakin onereactor.Radioactivecontaminated water reportedlyseepedfromacrackingreactor.Thedirecttoxicwaterflowingintothe Pacific Ocean.
KABUL-A group ofgunmenattackedtheheadquarters ofthe North Atlantic TreatyOrganization(NATO),butthe attack wasin factkilledattackers. The perpetratorintendstobombdetonatesinfront ofthe entrance toNatoheadquartersinJalalabad.The incidentatCampPhoenixthisfailed to happenbecause thebombexplodedjustbefore theattacktook place.As a result,the twoactorsreportedlykilled instantly. The Talibanclaimed tobebehind theattackwasCampPhoenix.A spokesmanZabihullahMujahidsaid sevenperpetrators of the attackrevealedinthismission.But theexplanationis not entirely believedtrueMujahid. Asreported byReuters onSaturday (04/02/2011),during themany parties feltthat theTalibanoftenexceeds thesize ofthe operation-morethey do,especiallythatdirected atcoalition forcesinAfghanistan. Meanwhile,NATOspokesmanadmittedthere were twomembers of themilitantwhocarried out the attack.Butonlyoneisbelieved to becarryingexplosives.The policethemselveshavecombed theareaaroundthemilitary base,in order tosearch forclues. This isnot the first timeattackedthe CampPhoenix,in2009 and thena military basewasshockedbybombexplosionat theend of2009.The incidentinjurednineNATOtroops.