10 years since the March 11 disasters in Japan

Today marks the 10th anniversary of the dreaded Tohoku earthquake and tsunami as well as the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster and most of Japan are observing silence to remember those who lost from what is known to be the "darkest day" in Japanese history.

It all began in one dark and cloudy day in Japan on March 11, 2011 when when a magnitude-9 earthquake and tsunami struck the Tohoku region and caused a meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant, one of the most terrifying nuclear disasters since the Chernobyl incident decades ago.

According to reports, over 18,500 people were either dead or unaccounted for while almost 3,000 people died while evacuated from their homes. It was known to be darkest day not just in the Heisei Era but also the whole Japanese history.

Ten years have passed since the horrendous incident and in the midst of the pandemic the world's facing right now, most of the Japanese who witnessed it still bearing the scars of the incident as well as the trauma. Some are trying to move on from the disaster and starting life anew, any way they can.

As the long road to recovery continues, Japan and the rest of the world are taking lessons from the worst moment in history and they need to cooperate together to prepare themselves for future disasters like the ones happened not just in Japan but in most parts of the world where everything's vulnerable and all lives are stake.

There's nothing else I can say but until another inevitable comes, I am praying for the rest of the world to cooperate to resolve today's problems.

Ganbarou, Nippon!