10 years after: First-hand footage, insights, eyewitness reports
TOKYO, JAPAN – Media OutReach – 5 January 2021 – NHK
WORLD-JAPAN, the 24-hour international English-language TV channel from Japan’s
public broadcaster NHK, will show an exclusive 2-part series on the devastating
tsunami which shocked the world.
On March 11, 2011 at 2:46 pm, an M9
earthquake off the Pacific coast of Japan triggered a huge tsunami, flooding
650 km of coastline, destroying many cities and towns and claiming the lives of
over 18,000 victims. With footage filmed at the centre of the disaster, the
documentary “3/11 – The Tsunami” will give a first-hand look into
people’s experiences on that day and the hardships they were faced in the
aftermath.
The footage filmed in 2011 and 2012 by NHK
and eyewitnesses in the disaster-hit areas have been collected and edited
together in chronological order to convey the impact of this unprecedented
disaster, which crushed buildings and cars and led to nuclear meltdowns at the
Fukushima Daiichi power plant.
Episode 1 focuses on the first three days
while episode 2 covers the first year after the disaster. The series also
serves as a valuable lesson: In the event of a powerful tsunami, what action
can be taken to survive?
“3/11 – The Tsunami” on NHK
WORLD-JAPAN
Episode 1: The First 3 Days
January 9th
1:10 / 7:10 / 13:10 / 19:10 / January 15th 20:00 (UTC)
Episode 2: The
First Year
January 16th 1:10 / 7:10 / 13:10 / 19:10 / January 22nd
20:00 (UTC)
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/tv/worldprime/20210109/3016087/
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