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PAGE  PAGE 4 2011-3-14 日本面临二战以来最大危机 Japan is now facing its worst post-war crisis following Friday’s 9-magnitude earthquake that triggered a massive tsunami and caused problems at a nuclear power plant, said Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan Sunday at a press conference. Kan called on his country to prepare for sacrifice and to work together in overcoming the effects of the devastating earthquake and trunami. 日本首相菅直人13日举行记者会时表示，此次地震及其引发的海啸以及核电站泄漏事故，是日本二战以来最严重的灾难。菅直人呼吁全国众志成城，做好自我牺牲准备，共同应对此次地震及海啸灾难。 Prime Minister Naoto Kan approved a power outage plan that begins Monday to address power shortage as the nuclear plants were damamged. The rollover blackout will affect 3m customers, including factories and households. 由于大地震使得核电站停运，发电量不够。菅直人批准14日开始，日本实施部分地区轮流停电。该措施将影响包括工厂和居民在内的300万用户。 So far a total of 1,300 people have died after the earthquake, which triggered a massive tsunami, according to official data released Sunday. More than 20,000 people are unaccounted for. 日本官方13日公布的 数据显示， 此次日本大地震引发大规模海啸，已造成1300人死亡。另外，还有超过2万人下落不明。 A volcano located on a mountain range on the island of Kyushu, southwest Japan, has erupted again, shooting gas an ash to a height of 4,000 meters, said the Japan Meteorological Agency Sunday. There is no evidence to suggest the volcano eruption is linked to Friday’s earthquake. 日本气象厅13日说，位于日本西南部九州岛的一座火上再次喷发，喷发高度达4000米。目前尚未有证据证明该火上喷发于11日的大地震相关。 Naoto Kan ordered to increase the size of Self-Defense Forces for quake relief operations from 50,000 to 100,000 troops. 菅直人命令将派往灾区救援的自卫队人数增加1倍，使其达到10万人的规模。 Chinese rescue team arrived in quake-struck Ofunato of lwate prefecture Sunday night, and rescue operations are expected to begin early Monday. 中国国际救援队13日晚抵达日本地震重灾区岩手县的大船渡市，预定14日一早投入救援行动。 Up to 120,000 evacuees would be scanned for radiation exposure. 约有12万撤离者接受核辐射检查。 An explosion at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan has left the world shocked after it leaked radiation . up to 60,000 environmentalists formed a 45-km(27-mile) human chain Sa