Rescue arrives as Japan struggles

Published March 13, 2011
Stranded passengers prepare to spend the night at the arrival lobby of Narita airport in Tokyo.–AFP Photo
Stranded passengers prepare to spend the night at the arrival lobby of Narita airport in Tokyo.–AFP Photo

The quake and tsunami have damaged or closed down key ports. Some airports shut in the immediate aftermath have since reopened, but transport infrastructure has been crippled along parts of the northeastern coast.

Japanese officials were struggling with a growing nuclear crisis and the threat of multiple meltdowns, as more than 170,000 people were evacuated from the quake and tsunami-savaged northeastern coast.

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