JAPAN EARTHQUAKE Part 5

 Emperor Akihito tried to calm the nerves of his nation’s people during a televised address on Wednesday. He expressed his condolences to those who have suffered since the earthquake and tsunami and urged them not to give up.

Officials in protective gear check for signs of radiation on children who are from the evacuation area near the Fukushima Daini nuclear plant in Koriyama, March 13, 2011. Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano confirmed on Saturday there has been an explosion and radiation leakage at Tokyo Electric Power Co's (TEPCO) Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. 

Evacuees are screened for radiation exposure at a testing center Tuesday, March 15, 2011, in Koriyama city, Fukushima prefecture, Japan, after a nuclear power plant on the coast of the prefecture was damaged by Friday's earthquake.

Evacuees receive lunch at a makeshift shelter in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, northern Japan, Tuesday, March 15, 2011, four days after a powerful earthquake-triggered tsunami hit Japan's east coast.

People who are evacuated from a nursing home which is located in evacuation area around the Fukushima Daini nuclear plant, rest at a temporary shelter in Koriyama, March 13, 2011. Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano confirmed on Saturday there has been an explosion and radiation leakage at Tokyo Electric Power Co's (TEPCO) Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. fire

U.S. fire rescue workers to search for survivors in Ofunato-city,Iwate Japan March 15, 2011.

Chinese rescue workers to search for survivors in Ofunato-city,Iwate Japan March 15, 2011.

English rescue workers to search for survivors in Ofunato-city,Iwate Japan March 15, 2011.

A Swiss rescue worker with her dog Betsy waits to depart for Japan, at the Swiss Air Rescue base in Kloten March 12, 2011. The international community started to send disaster relief teams on Saturday to help Japan after it suffered a massive earthquake and tsunami, with the United Nations sending a group to help co-ordinate work. 

Japanese Self Defence Forces officers carry the body of a victim at a village destroyed by the earthquake and tsunami in Rikuzentakata in Iwate prefecture, northeast Japan March 15, 2011.

A man shops in a convenience store where shelves on food aisles are left empty in 
Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, northern Japan, Tuesday, March 15, 2011, four days 
after a powerful earthquake-triggered tsunami hit Japan's east coast

Over a hundred of countries have started to send teams to Japan to help. We are really appreciate and we, Japan, will help as much as we can if something happen in another counties for sure. But now, we do not have a power like that, we need you guys help now.

Stay stronger, Japan. We can get through this.