While Japan would need five years to recover from the disaster caused by the earthquake and tsunami that caused damage of $ 235 billion, optimize their effectiveness in reducing time. A road was completely destroyed redone in just six days.
Less than two weeks of the earthquake that destroyed Japan's eastern coast, the island looks back and seeks to recover immediately to regain its economic role, both nationally and internationally.
Several cities began to activate through the sale of the few products that come from around the coast. Despite having lost everything, even local traders are attempting to revive the flow of goods, even without cash.
To further accelerate this recovery, it is essential to repair the valve to allow the resumption of transport and end up with underserved areas.
On Thursday, the reopening of a major highway in northeastern Japan gave impetus to the delivery of aid in areas hit by the earthquake, struggling to restore relative normality with the help of thousands of volunteers.
also reopened to traffic on Highway 300 km Tokohu, connecting Tokyo to the areas most affected by the tragedy.
This route passes through towns such as Sendai, where the airport, with the track completely flooded and buried by debris, became one of the images of the destruction caused by the tsunami.
The airport is clean, and hint, operational helicopters and planes Nipponese Self-Defense Forces (Army), working with the help of the Seventh Fleet of the United States in Japan.
with 18 000 houses destroyed and more than 130 000 buildings damaged, especially on the northeast coast, emergency equipment have enabled some 2,000 shelters in places such as schools and gyms, where there are over 200 thousand evacuees.
The affected areas are struggling to gradually return to normal, many of them have returned and electricity and some gas, and some banks have been installed to provide mobile financial services to the victims.
While pursuing on-site assistance, the government is preparing special legislation to speed up the reconstruction, which include measures such as tax exempt to the survivors of the areas most affected by the disaster, according to the local agency Kyodo.
According to official figures, there were 5,714 dead Miyagi; in Iwate, and Fukushima 2939, 812, while the missing number in the thousands. Fukushima
Some residents complain that their tragedy has been overshadowed by the crisis in Daiichi plant, source of radioactive emissions after being badly damaged by the tsunami on day 11.
In collecting critical Kyodo news agency Thursday, the military say they have focused on the task of evacuating the area around the central, in search for the many missing.
The World Bank forecast
Japan could require five years to recover from the catastrophic earthquake and tsunami that caused damage amounting to up to 235 billion dollars said Monday the World Bank.
the March 11 disaster, which killed more than 18,000 people and devastated the northeast of Japan will surely reduce the country's economic growth this year to 0.5 percentage points, the Bank said in a report. The impact will be concentrated during the first half of this year, he said.
"The damage to housing and infrastructure has been unprecedented," he announced. "However, growth should rise in coming quarters, while the reconstruction efforts, which could last up to five years, is accelerating."
The Bank cited estimates of damage between 123 billion and 235 billion dollars and a cost to private insurers between 14 billion and 33 billion dollars. He also said that the government will invest in rebuilding 12 billion dollars from the current national budget and "much more" the next. Traces of radiation
first detected in spinach and milk from farms near the nuclear plant have appeared in the tap water, rain and even dust. In all cases, the government said the radiation levels are too low to pose an immediate risk to health.
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