23:53 10.000 people in the city of Minamisanriku are missing according to NHK. That is half of the cities population.
Japan quake: 'Explosion heard' at nuclear power plant
Reports said smoke was seen coming from the plant at Fukushima and several workers were injured.
Japanese officials fear a meltdown at one of the plant's reactors after radioactive material was detected outside it.
A huge relief operation is under way after the 8.9-magnitude earthquake and tsunami, which killed more than 600.
Hundreds more people are missing and it is feared about 1,300 may have died.
Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan declared a state of emergency at the Fukushima 1 and 2 power plants as engineers try to confirm whether a reactor at one of the stations has gone into meltdown.
0:41 Over 300 people are confirmed dead. An area of 4km is on fire in Miyagi.
23:57 The roof at the Costo store in Machida in Tokyo has collapsed
23:32 There is a huge fire burning out of control in Miagi in the city of Kasunami.
23:01 There have been so many aftershocks one wonders when they will stop
22:59 If you could see the pictures of the destruction in the effected areas you would be stunned.
22:37 3.5 million homes in the Tokyo area are without electric power.
22:35 NHK is reporting that a several villages in the Tohoku region have been completely washed away.
22:32pm Mobile phone service is being severely restricted. There are 1,300 people stranded a the Sendai airport after it was hit by the Tsunmai.
22:29pm
I live in Japan: As of right now all train service in the Tokyo Metropolitan area has been stopped. All Shinkansen service has been stopped. There is an oil refinery on fire in Ichihara a city in Chiba Prefecture. There are a large number of petrochemical plants in Chiba. The government has ordered the evacuation of those living near the Tokyo Electric Powers Fukushima nuclear power plant.
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