Japan.....What a nation!!!!!!!!!
Amazing ........... Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/mar/24/japan-disaster-reconstruction-road-recovery The Picture of gaping chasms in a Japanese road demonstrated the power of the March 11 earthquake. Now the astonishing speed of reconstruction highlights Japan's ability to get back on its feet. Work began on March 17 and six days later, the cratered section of the Great Kanto Highway in Naka was as good as new and ready to re- open to traffic. A road in Naka, Ibaraki prefecture, Japan: left, how it was on the day of the earthquake; right, six days later (17 March) after rapid repairs. Photograph: AP It is a modest, but symbolic, sign that almost two weeks after a powerful earthquake and tsunami devastated its north-east coast, Japan is rebuilding. The earthquake on 11 March tore apart this stretch of road in Ibaraki prefecture, leaving gaping cracks up to 150 metres long and presenting yet another obstacle to emergency workers travelling north from Tokyo. ...