security. has to be cheap so much more needs to be and i think people have to be at solutions money. and. this is the devaney was a shock coming up today a triple disaster that shook a nation. a moment of silence marks the 10th anniversary of the deadly earthquake and tsunami . disaster with thousands still displaced and memories of the dead ever alive what lessons has japan lived. and was often leaving. on line to loved ones never to be seen again.

i'm british welcome to news isha glad you could join us of these images behind me out of a tragedy 10 years old but one that remains fresh in the minds of thousands the afternoon of a cold march day in japan's northeast that began a chain of death displacement and damage the shadows of which continue to be cost to this day and afternoon that began at exactly 2 46 pm. much 11th 2011. japan's east coast is rocked by the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in the country absolutely afterwards a tsunami ripped through fukushima prefecture taking. in with it. is an army also

cripples the fukushima nuclear power plant leading to explosions and meltdowns at 3 reactors. radioactive clouds freights over tens of kilometers around nukes are. thousands of people lost their lives as a result of the disaster tens of thousands were forced to evacuate their homes. at a press conference just 9 months later japan's prime minister at the time you she cannot maintain the situation was under control. but the battle wasn't over the fukushima meltdown would count as the most severe nuclear accident since the chernobyl disaster in 1906. to this day there is still only restricted access to 1600 square kilometers of land around the disabled china will need a power plant at around 230 square kilometers for the contamination zone is much

smaller but it will remain uninhabitable for decades to come. now we are. out of the accident we have still 70000 people that what back to there or so all in fact it's a human tragedy. the fukushima nuclear disaster continues to contaminate the air the and the groundwater to this day bags a radioactive contaminated soil life scattered throughout the province it's still unclear where the waste should be stored in the long term the city of tokyo was saved by a stroke of luck wind pushed the radioactive cloud away from the city and out to see previous releases of. any road you have to reach in the ocean in the past but not at this level. shortly after the catastrophe radiation levels in a large number of marine animals measured much higher than the limit value is

considered safe in japan today those levels are down significantly. but the fishing industry in japan is only recovering slowly in order to keep you in the reactors from melting tons of water a used each day to cool them and the 1000000 tons of contaminated water from the cooling pipes is stored in hundreds of tanks not a power plant but because storage space is limited and the tanks will soon reach capacity the japanese government is considering discharging the contaminated water into the sea in 2022. we do not expect. off season. that. takes forever it's a problem of. that so many. residents fishermen and environmentalist say that plan offers no solution to an ongoing disaster. shows archy's a lawyer was part of

a think tank independent investigation into the folks who run your disaster he joins me now from tokyo mr shoes are you welcome thousands to return back their homes their fears of nuclear contamination this is very much an ongoing disaster when does this end yeah absolutely right even 10 years now there are deep scars of the accident still alive in everybody's lives and are invited to that the did the chairman of the japanese parliament's investigation into the fukushima disaster called it a disaster made in japan have what lessons have been learned from it. i think 2 key lessons that were uncovered through the investigation were one the absolute the safety myth which was a p.r. campaign that. downplayed any risk that was

related to nuclear energy which was a necessary logic to persuade a lot of the communities to accept building a nuclear plant but later hunted them to it to create an atmosphere to even be hesitant to talk about risk thereby denying a lot of the known risks that were later uncovered another problem was a conflict of interest in terms of the regulatory organizations which made it difficult for the regulatory agencies to effectively regulate and introduce a strict safety standards not given to serve safety methods reported around your power in japan what are people's attitudes now to nuclear power. people additives to ward nuclear power is still mixed according to a say every cent survey 30 percent of people believe that nuclear energy may

continue as is but more than 50 percent of people are hoping that the company the country will become less reliant less dependent on nuclear energy in the future but yet the government continues ahead with an energy plan that involves a nuclear power doesn't. that is true according to some future energy policy proposals the government is looking towards a energy mix policy where they would be using various types of energy sources including nuclear energy so one projection shows that in 2030 japan will still be using 20 percent of their energy sources coming from nuclear energy i'd like to just talk about the psychological impact on people from this

massive disaster you have more than 18000 people who lost their lives and about 70000 people contract on to their homes how does japan cope with this collective trauma. i think it is something that we will long remember and need to relive the lesson every day it is not a disaster of the past but even as of today we are facing issues of what to do with polluted water how we can reestablish neighborhood in these areas and so it will be a long battle we cannot forget and should not forget the lessons from christina now in 2 weeks though some olympics torch run begins from fukushima and the prime minister's suga has said that the new pics when showcase japan's recovery from the disaster i wonder if that is

a very optimistic statement to make given whatever you have said. i think in terms of scientific safety there has been tremendous development in terms of ensuring that the pollution that happened 10 years ago is not effecting people's life as of today i think the impact is more of a psychological one motional peace that we will still continue to struggle with. shares our care a pleasure talking to you but i'm thank you so much for joining us today thank you more than 800000 people died from the earthquake and tsunami that hit northeastern japan the suddenness of the events deprived many of finding good buyers with loved ones now telephone line is helping survivors cope. cancer yeah she says saki is about to cool his wife his cellphone and. he wants to

tell her what happened the night she died. and it's in this phone booth known as a wind phone that he can speak to her. like thousands of others in japan's devastated coastal communities sucky lost many loved ones in the disaster. this is where he comes to work through his grief but also to tell his wife about their children they'll soon be moving in with their youngest son and that a recent medical checkup showed he's lost weight. this phone booth embraces all of me. this is a place that embraces not only the people who are alive but also all those who have passed away that's how i feel for you can't do it on. the phone booth owner says it attracts thousands of visitors now from all over japan to troops. they

were suddenly not able to see their loved ones after they left that morning to go to work or to school so there are many feelings left behind these people would have wanted to say something for the last time had they known they were not going to see them anymore but they can do that. this isn't only a place of solace for the older generation such equal has been bringing her ground sons here since her husband was swept away in the tsunami. but like graham there are more well as grandma said it's been 10 years since the earthquake i'll be a junior high school student next year lear is already in his 2nd year in junior high so he'll be in his 3rd year and he'll be doing high school entrance exams yeah and there's this new virus that's killing lots of people just like the earthquake and tsunami that's why we're wearing masks but we're all doing well. it's

a good game of the of. the boys and their grandma feel like he can hear them and later when she's alone in the booth. the husband to keep mall safe from the current virus. bring loved ones they lost 10 years ago to the deadly tsunami.

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to take a closer. come . d.w. . covert 19 is causing a spike in relationship breakdowns with divorce rates are soaring they would double the normal rate in the 1st lock down. in the us they've surged by a 3rd. the pandemic has shrunk our world into our homes. juggling childcare alongside work. being on top of each other $24.00 seventh's it's all proven too much for many couples. but some say it's actually made their bones

stronger. how can we make pressure cooker relationships work in these tough times. i'll be talking to a psychology researcher about that in a few minutes the 1st crisis aside every 3rd married couple in germany gets divorced separation to be prevented by asking professionals for advice but you've got to be open to it. when discontinuities. cast. podcast hosts with a difference. they've been married for 10 years and have 3 children together jamila and tino's show is all about their relationship during the pandemic the highs and lows. and it's really tight for everyone right now for the couples in the home life now

more than ever we're dependent on the communication as a couple in especially as parents to organize everything so we can work and get through this in good shape. coronavirus lockdowns have good pressure on couples working from home and home schooling have left partners with very little free time constantly living on top of each other can create conflict and even worse an existing relationship problems when couples are at their wit's end professionals can help. they can question. strangely we tend to assume relationships are something we're simply able to do and if we can't then we say the other person is to blame and we separate or we're not a good fit i don't believe that relationships always have to be easy i believe that it's possible to get to the stage where you can have a clear relationship with each other and it's no longer difficult to talk about

problematic topics. for some couples going to a therapist is a big step a 1st aid kit for home life this box contains cards of questions for couples to ask each other developed by a professional therapist. many relationships suffer from a breakdown in communication this method offers a playful way for partners to get back into conversation with each other. part of couples come to therapy feeling under appreciated or a lack of recognition often they're fighting more and more getting stuck in repeat he thought patterns so they come to discuss their everyday lives how they're bearing the burdens of life and equally and now during the coronavirus you also get bored of the mark of sexuality or simply that they are just getting on each other's nerves. and demands for their be has a ground but it's not exactly cheap a session can cost between $80.15 euros. there's no guarantee of

success. out of this movement and i think we choose our partners ourselves and this offers great growth potential with each other we grow when we overcome conflicts not when everything is easy. and the flight of. couples therapy can give both partners the support they need to get through the pandemic. psychology researcher raquel peel joins us from australia now the reporter raquel said that we grow when we overcome conflicts not when everything's easy but for a lot of us the question is what to do in the 1st place when the challenge facing us is just too overwhelming you know that's right been for couples it can be a really difficult time spending a lot more time together and having to face issues that you have already in your relationship and now they face they are something that you have front

what happens there when those issues have become too big when there has been a communication breakdown obviously all the relationships gone toxic how can couples normalize the situation or reestablish some sort of link. absolutely did she manage the basics we have to remember why we are together in the 1st place so it could be little things like learning how to communicate learning that at times when there's conflict and you should be of to express yourself it's about how you are feeling as opposed to using your language which can put the other person at defense of marriage what about something like sex how do you realize that when something is intimate is that when you're both fighting and basically hate each other at the end of the day. yes i know you're absolutely right sex is really important and we are intrinsically motivated to seek intimacy and sex is how we are intimate but what i would say is if you're at it conflicts with your pattern then

you're not going to be able to go straight to sex is special if that is it might be the reason why one conflicts in the 1st place so you might have to start was more just as suggested in together on the couch holding hands sitting closer turchin each other so you might have to again go back to basics and start with gentle touches to then be able to go all the way to sex again so it's the little things that counts i guess a lot of patience. a lot of patients and learning to walk again in your relationship a also just like to add sexual health has a direct impact on our general health doesn't it absolutely again because we are seeking to be intimate sex is how we do it so it does have a huge impact in how we understand ourselves and how we pray tell selves were any of our happiness so feeling sexy or feeling wanted is a huge part of our relationships and it is something that we actually have to talk

to our patents about so if for some reason you're not having sex in a relationship and it's making you feel down about you so it is something that you have to bring out because it is part of who we are it is terrible so staying. why is sex and private time with a partner or a loved one so important in a pandemic but again in a pin demick it becomes more obvious because be spending a lot more time together so old is claim flix all does little kinks in our relationships become part of us in we have to address it so if that is conflict and you're not able to have sex then it becomes obvious that you have to talk about it and i was actually find it difficult to address the issues. i want to talk about raquel tell me though how can we avoid getting into this situation in the 1st place within a relationship looking just goes back to communication and in 15 that even though we think we know our panel think we know how it used to be in

a relationship it doesn't hurt to stop and i don't know how we could do it better to communicate in take it step by step sometimes going back to the drawer important say how can i do things differently and listen if you are going to your pattern of a question how can i be better how can i do things differently what are you expecting to change is actually being able to listen as well very interesting stuff or telling a lot for me to definitely listen to and take on board thank you very much for joining us would help people there from switch in australia thank you for having me and then it's great solutions there from rico now it's your chance to ask the questions keep sending them into our you tube channel and our science correspondent there williams will do his best to answer them. how likely you to catch cave in 1000 outside for example from someone running by. for me one of the most striking aspects of this pandemic is the amount of research that's gone into trying to

answer seemingly simple questions like this which turn out to actually be pretty incredibly complex i mean who would have guessed even a year ago that we'd have gotten so obsessed with the highly abstract world of parasol distribution physics both in enclosed rooms and outside back to the question though we we now know that while it certainly might be possible to catch covert 19 outdoors it's much much less likely that it is indoors in poorly ventilated spaces where people spend extended periods of time that's because unlike outdoors the air missiles accumulate in enclosed spaces and increase the chance that you might inhale enough of what an infected person has exhaled to catch the disease so though that's an amount i'd like to know by the way that we still don't

know with any certainty in general the consensus seems to be that in addition to the indoors outdoors aspect of the equation the other factors that play major roles in infection are how long exposure lasts how close an infected person comes to you and the amount of time but you're around them the w.h.o. only recommends 6 and outdoor settings where physical distancing can't be maintained by crowds and not for people doing intense physical activity that's because pretty much all the indicator. point to the conclusion that the jogger painting by you in the park just doesn't really present that big of a wrist. eric williams their

device as well though with my going for job after work briefly in other corona related use the more countries this is spending their rollout of the astra zeneca vaccine following the example of norway and denmark on thursday denmark made the cole after reports of some be a blood clot some of the patients received the shot no definitive link between the japanese and the cloths have yet been proven the danish health and medicines authority says it's issuing a 2 week halt of precaution as it investigates. the european medicines agency has approved johnson and johnson's vaccine for use in the european union the single shot is the 4th to be licensed across the 27 e.u. nations authorities hope that a one dose vaccine will help speed up the stalled rollout of covert jabs here in europe. and fancy a texas t.v. after knocking off work that he's asked texas has lifted its mass mandate and

capacity restrictions on restaurants and other businesses that's despite experts warning a 100 percent relaxation of carbs will exacerbate the spread of watering variants the pandemic has hit the united states the hardest the infection rate has fallen dramatically since january remains high in absolute. thank you for watching stay safe and see you again so. good.

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