Japan One Year after Earthquake and Tsunami of 11 March 2011 and an Overview on the Aftermaths of the Explosion in the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant: A Case Study

One Year after the greatest earthquake ever occurred in Japan (11 March 2011), and one of the most disastrous events in the human history, many important experiences are learned from the earthquake and its following tsunami. The World Bank has estimated the financial loss of this earthquake to be 235 billion USD. In this article it is been tried to describe first the specifications of this earthquake and then to have and overview on the aftermaths of this earthquake, having a special reference to the explosion in the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant.