A day after Japan was hit by a double blow - a monster earthquake followed by a killer tsunami - the full extent of death and destruction is still unclear.

日本遭受巨大的地震伴随着海啸杀手的双重打击后的第一天，死亡和破坏的最坏程度仍然不清楚。

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Japanese buildings are highly engineered and most withstood the record earthquake - the tsunami it triggered was the bigger killer, our correspondent says.

我们的通讯记者说，日本的建筑是高度工程化的，并且最能抵抗有记录的地震——地震引发的海啸才是更大的杀手。

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Once again, though, it is the poor who have born the brunt of the disaster, with the biggest killer not the earthquake itself but poorly-constructed houses, our correspondent adds.

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Japanese buildings are highly engineered and most withstood the record earthquake - the tsunami it triggered was the bigger killer, our correspondent says.

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