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The devastation of Sendai and the strength of its people
World Vision Aid worker Mitsuko Sobata describes the shocking scenes in Japan’s disaster zones, but says she is “encouraged by the strength” of the Japanese people.
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Tsunami: rescuers reach ‘desolate’ town of Ofunato
British aid workers have reached the remote tsunami hit Japanese town of Ofunato, which Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson describes as “desolation, almost beyond words.”
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Meltdown fears at Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan
Dangerous levels of radiation have leaked into the atmosphere after a third reactor exploded. Channel 4 News speaks to the man in charge of nuclear regulation during the Three Mile Island disaster.
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Japan: hell on wheels as car giants bear brunt of disaster
A leading expert tells Channel 4 News that Japan’s car manufacturers will take the biggest hit from the tsunami – but reconstruction efforts will keep the wider economy on course for recovery.
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Minamisanriku: Japan’s tsunami-hit ground zero
Alex Thomson reports from the devastated port Minamisanriku. He says in 30 years as a war correspondent – covering over 20 wars and several major earthquakes – he’s never seen anything on this scale.
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Q and A: children of the Japan earthquake
Hannah Thompson, emergency protection adviser for the charity Save the Children, tells Channel 4 News how the youngest victims of the Japanese earthquake are in urgent need of support.
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Japan disaster: Kesennuma hit by quake, tsunami and fire
Boats litter the road after slamming into Kesennuma, one of the worst-hit places in Japan’s quake disaster. Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson reports on the desolation left there by the tsunami.
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How the Japan quake moved the earth on its axis
Experts have said the force of the earthquake in Japan shifted the earth’s axis by 25 centimetres and shortened the day by 1.8 microseconds – but what does this mean?
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Post-tsunami Japan looks to PM Kan for leadership
Will Japan premier Naoto Kan’s handling of the tsunami disaster mark him out as a great leader – or could events of the last few days do for him what Hurricane Katrina did for George W Bush?
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Japan live blog: tsunami and nuclear disaster
A second blast has rocked the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan, which was damaged in Friday’s earthquake and tsunami. Follow all of Monday’s events here in a replay of our live blog.
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Japan: second explosion rocks Fukushima nuclear plant
Another explosion hits Fukushima nuclear plant, damaged in Friday’s earthquake and tsunami. Many are frightened – but this is not another Chernobyl, as Science Correspondent Tom Clarke explains.
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Japan: British citizens among tsunami missing
The Foreign Office confirms there are no reports of British deaths in Japan yet – but there are severe concerns for a number of citizens as Channel 4 News learns of lucky UK survivors.
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Japan: race to supply water and medicine as bodies wash up
Britain offers nuclear advice as a UK search team arrives in Japan’s quake disaster zone. Charities tell Channel 4 News only now is the scale of the disaster emerging as bodies wash up on the coast.
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Japan tsunami: the aftermath live blog
The biggest earthquake in Japan’s history sparked a tsunami which swept across the north east of the country, leaving devastation in its path. Follow events as they happen on our live blog.
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Japan: how dangerous are blasts at nuclear plants?
There has been an explosion at one nuclear facility in Japan, and now there are fears over other reactors. But how serious is the situation? Channel 4 News speaks to a nuclear expert.