"Note that I am just a student and this translation might make a real professional translator cringe. "

This tries to explain the situation at the Fukushima Nuclear Reactors in Japan following the 11/3/11 Earthquake/Tsunami in the Tohoku Region and combat sensationalist/fear-mongering news stories.

Japan's nuclear crisis spurred German Chancellor Angela Merkel to pledge a faster shift from nuclear power on Thursday and seemed to thwart Italy's plans to reintroduce atomic energy.

Several other European nations, from Finland to Switzerland, have turned more skeptical about nuclear energy after Friday's earthquake and tsunami crippled the Fukushima plant in the world's worst nuclear

Japan earthquake: Japan warned over nuclear plants, WikiLeaks cables show Japan was warned more than two years ago by the international nuclear watchdog that its nuclear power plants were not capable of withstanding powerful earthquakes, leaked diplomatic cables reveal.

Evacuees are screened for radiation contamination at a testing center in Koriyama City, Fukushima Prefecture 

Is that an UFO ?

It seems like the situation is just getting worse and worse with every hour... stay tuned.

Latest photos from Japan:

This are the latest Photos from Japan:

The 8.9-magnitude earthquake -- the world's fifth-largest since 1900 and the biggest in Japan in 140 years -- struck at 2:46 p.m. local time, shaking buildings violently in Tokyo for several minutes and sending millions fleeing for higher ground.

Nearby islands are bracing for the tsunami and warnings have been issued for 53 countries including ones as far as Colombia and Peru.