The Economic Loss Of The Earthquake Is Over 16 Trillion Yen &Nbsp; The Growth Rate Of Japanese GDP Will Be Reduced By 13%.

At 2:46 p.m. on March 11th, the largest Richter scale 9 was observed in history. earthquake Attacked the East Japan 。 The number of dead and missing persons exceeds 20 thousand. Disaster scale It was more serious than the Hanshin road earthquake of 16 years ago.

5 days later, 16 days later, the earthquake occurred in the city of Fuma, Fukushima Prefecture. support Active Volunteer I have said this:

"Yesterday, the first batch of materials that were hard to reach were 200 coffins. At that time, when the nuclear power plant accident was raging, the staff of the funeral company who came to send the coffin, unloaded the coffins and ran back to Tokyo without coming back. We have all the highways here. We can send life and rescue materials. How can we know where to send coffins? "

With the emergence of nuclear power plant accidents, Tokyo and other places began to turn off power in turn, and gasoline was in short supply. A 40 year old woman who took care of the sick and wounded in the shelter had no way to cope with the increasingly severe gasoline shortage. "You can manage to eat. It takes some time to find water, but you can't find any gasoline anywhere. Seeing that radiation is coming, we can't run or run. " She said.

The shortage of materials is increasing. The Japanese economy is moving ahead in an unprecedented stagnation.

Power shortage! Lack of petrol!

Shirakawa Hiromichi, director of the Swiss securities company, said that the economic losses of Japan's earthquake hit area were between 16 trillion and 17 trillion yen. This figure includes direct loss of buildings such as houses, and consequential losses caused by the stop of logistics and production. However, the impact of "Blackout" is not yet included.

Kawano Ryutaro, an economist in charge of securities in Paris Bank of France, believes that if the impact of blackouts is included, the GDP growth rate in Japan from April to June is likely to be reduced by 13%. Tokyo electric power company accounts for 40% of Japan's total electricity spanmission area, GDP. "The electricity supply in this area will be reduced by about 25%, and it is unlikely to maintain production." Kawano said.

Indeed, the economic activity in the capital of Japan has been stagnant. The business hours of supermarkets and department stores began to shorten and lighting was also reduced during the business hours to save electricity. A taxi driver said, "I see the neon lights on busy streets in Ginza are about 1/3 of normal time." Customers are rapidly decreasing, many shops have been closed, and railroads have reduced the number of cars.

The earthquake has hit the industry harder. TOYOTA motor has been trapped in the difficulty of raising parts, and has shut down all factories since March 14th. SONY's production of Blu ray Disc business in Miyagi Prefecture was also hit by an earthquake. It is not clear when the cause will be flooded and when it will be able to resume production. Some parts of the pearly stone smelter of new Nippon Steel are also irrigated, and there is no plan for reproducing. In addition to these enterprises, many companies have sent home staff notice, and the enterprise is in a state of stagnation.

The shortage of gasoline is also very serious. This is not only the case in Northeast China, but also the oil shortage in Kanto and the capital area. The biggest reason is the decrease in supply. There are now 8 refineries in Kanto, which are affected by the earthquake, and 5 have been shut down urgently. Moreover, "the government has asked us to give petrol to the affected areas and provide the necessary fuel to the affected areas is our top priority." An executive at the gas station said.

Consumer psychology is also beginning to waver. Everyone wants to fill up the car, so they go to the gas station to fill up, and the oil that just came is quickly added up. Now it is not easy to find a gas station that can fill gas in Guandong and the capital circle.

National normal life is threatened

The power failure and oil shortage in turn have a profound impact on the medical front line in Tokyo. {page_break}

In the high Lai hospital in Da Tian, Tokyo, the car immediately after the quake was not available for petrol. Sakai Eiji, the driver of the hospital, lamented, "after the earthquake, I went to the gas station three times, but I couldn't fill up every time, 10 litres at a time."

"We don't know whether we can deliver fluids or nutrients to patients on time. Many people at home need oxygen, which also requires us to send oxygen cylinders in the past, but now they may not be able to deliver them. When hospitals are cut off, there may be no available machines for sputum suction to patients. " A nurse in the hospital said.

Some patients with chronic nephritis need dialysis, which also requires electricity. "If there is a sudden blackout, we can not get enough treatment." Wakawai Youki, director of Tokyo's Sichuan hospital, said.

The Japanese government's response to the blackout that has threatened national life is very slow. Toshikawa Takashio, editor in chief of the political commentator and insider magazine, pointed out: "in 1923, when the Kanto earthquake occurred, the government established the imperial capital Renaissance house. But now the Naoto Kan administration is obviously incompetent in crisis management. I don't think much time will be taken for people to investigate Prime Minister Naoto Kan's problem.

After the great Kanto earthquake, an editorial was written by Zhan Shan, editor in chief of Japan's "Oriental Economic Weekly". He said: "therefore, the disaster has been found everywhere in China." He added: "the experience of earthquake resistance should be scientific." Now we still have two things to say to Japan.

Nuclear power plant crisis

The earthquake caused a nuclear leak at Tokyo Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Residents nearby had to go out to take refuge.

Can Japan prevent the proliferation of radioactive materials? The incident has now become the most serious accident in Japan in terms of size and speed. In the power plant, there were continuous explosions, fires, partial damage of the reactor shells and so on. Finally, radioactive materials were spread outside the factory area.

The accident was caused by the coincidence of several unexpected events. The first is the magnitude 9 earthquake, which ranks fourth in the world's seismable history; next, the tsunami nearly 20 meters high hit Japan. "The tsunami we imagined when designing a nuclear power plant was 5 meters, but the tsunami is much higher than we expected." Komori Asou, executive director of Tokyo electric power company, said at a press conference in March 13th. KOMORI is responsible for nuclear power and station building in the company. It is a replica of the relevant departments.

In 2007, after the earthquake occurred in Niigata County, all generators of the Tokyo power company's power plant were shut down automatically. But the biggest difference between this earthquake and that was that there was a tsunami. After the earthquake, the No. 1-3 engine (No. 4-6 was regularly checked, and it did not start) automatically stopped, but fell off when it cooled. The loss of external power was caused by the great earthquake. After the tsunami invaded the power plant, it caused the malfunction of the standby diesel generator and the cooling function was paralyzed.

After cooling out of the fault, the internal pressure rises and explode the workshop. There is a possibility that the fuel rods melt and the vessels are damaged, which may cause a large number of radioactive materials to spread to the outside.

At this time, Prime Minister Naoto Kan issued "urgent instructions" to order seawater to be injected into the unit by emergency means. In general, the cooling of reactors requires the use of pure water with high purity, and cooling with seawater is the first case in the world.

At the beginning, the Japanese government only refuge 2 kilometers of people around the nuclear power plant, but then the scope began to expand, to 20 kilometers, and then to 30 kilometers. In the capital circle, which is 200 kilometers away from Fukushima, there are also reports of rising radioactive material quality. The Japanese government appointed experts on radiation issues as advisers to the cabinet and began to prepare for the deterioration of the situation.

The nuclear accident has also caused great unrest in other nuclear power plants in Japan. All local governments have allowed nuclear power companies to thoroughly check safety vulnerabilities and stop the recurrence of nuclear accidents.