Japan 2011 11/3/11 5:46 am

JAPAN 2011 11/3/11 5:46 AM

Rennie

Japan

Information In response to the 9.0 magnitude

earthquake that struck of the northeast coast of Japan at 2:46 p.m Japanese time

400 hundred people tried to escape on a cruse ship and a bullet train have gone missing

600 + dead 500 missing

The dead At least 785 people confirmed dead in

cities such as Kesennuma, Higashimatsubara and Sendai, but local authorities fear more than 10,000 people may have died in the prefecture alone.

Around 2,000 bodies found on two shores, including those in the town of Minamisanriku and Ishinomaki City.

At least 574 people confirmed dead, including those in Ofunato and Rikuzentakata cities.

In the town of Otsuchi, out of a population of 15,000 people, 12,000 people are missing

About 420 people, including those in Iwaki and Minamisoma cities, are confirmed dead. Around 1,200 people are missing.

DEATH TOLL IN OTHER DISTRICTS Tokyo -- 7 Chiba -- 15

Rescue operation Thousands of troops, 300 planes and 40

ships have been reportedly mobilised by the Japanese government following Friday's catastrophic disaster, amid fears that more than a thousand people have perished.

Nuclear power plant Japan has declared a “nuclear

emergency” at an atomic plant north of Tokyo after cooling systems failed

Naoto Kan, prime minister, stressed that no radiation had leaked from the Fukushima Daiichi facility’s six reactors. But residents living within 3km of the plant were being evacuated by the military, and those within 10km told to stay in their homes.

A massive explosion has struck a Japanese nuclear power plant after Friday's devastating earthquake.

A huge pall of smoke was seen coming from the plant at Fukushima and several workers were injured.

Japanese officials fear a meltdown at one of the plant's reactors after radioactive material was detected outside it.

Oil refinery fires

Natural gas storage tanks burn at the Cosmo oil refinery in Ichihara city, Chiba Prefecture, near Tokyo March 11, 2011.

Other photos from Japan