After Japan’s triple-headed disaster on 11 March 2011 — the 9.0 earthquake, 10 meter tsunami, and nuclear crisis — many began to refer to the tragedies as ‘3-11’. This was borrowing from the symbolism of 9-11 in the United States and the response to terrorist events on 11 September 2001. It suggested that the Japanese events were of such as scale as to be a historical watershed moment for Japan.
After Japan’s triple-headed disaster on 11 March 2011 — the 9.0 earthquake, 10 meter tsunami, and nuclear crisis — many began to refer to the tragedies as ‘3-11’. This was borrowing from the symbolism of 9-11 in the United States and the response to terrorist events on 11 September 2001. It suggested that the Japanese events were of such as scale as to be a historical watershed moment for Japan.