Trip planners predict continued uncertainty in Japan
by Curt Epstein Last month, for the second time in a little over two years, an island nation was beset by a cataclysmic natural disaster that

Last month, for the second time in a little over two years, an island nation was beset by a cataclysmic natural disaster that took thousands of lives. Unlike the 7.0 earthquake that destroyed Haiti’s capital Port au Prince and killed more than 300,000 people in January 2010, the disaster in Japan last month is still unfolding weeks later in ways that could affect the region for years to come.

On March 11 at 2:46 p.m. local time, the main island of Japan was rocked by a 9.0 earthquake, the most severe in the nation’s recorded history. Centered less than 100 miles off Honshu’s northeast coastline, the temblor triggered a tsunami that spared almost nothing in its path.

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