Tokyo, 10 mar (EFE).-the main railway companies of Tokyo stop its trains tomorrow to the 14.46 (05.46 GMT) local time as part of the acts for the first anniversary of the 9 on the Richter earthquake a year ago struck northeast of Japan at that time.

During the stop, employees pay silent homage to the more than 19,000 dead and missing that he left the tragedy at the time asking passengers to join in the commemoration, reported local news Kyodo. Agency

Initiative will involve trains five large railway of private companies that integrates the system of subway of Tokyo and surrounding areas, although not the public “East Japan Railway”, which instead will make emergency drills today Saturday and Monday during which there will be a moment of silence for the victims.

The great earthquake of a year ago, metro and Tokyo rail system it interrupted for about seven hours and left millions of people in the metropolitan area of Japan’s capital, blocked with more than 30 million people.

For tomorrow there are programmed numerous events in tribute to the victims of the worst disaster which hit Japan after World War II, including a grand ceremony in Tokyo in which will participate the Emperor, Akihito, although is still in the process of recovery after a recent operation of “bypass”.

At the same event will be also present Prime Minister, Yoshihiko Noda, and the rest of the members of the Cabinet who succeeded to the of the went from Government Naoto Kan, President at the time of the tragedy and who resigned in September by criticism of his management of the same.

In addition to the minute of silence in many places of Japan at the time of the earthquake, the country will host funeral ceremonies to remember the victims, while in some places there are planned concentrations to protest against nuclear energy.

The devastating tsunami that followed the quake stopped the cooling system of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station reactors, which unleashed the worst nuclear accident in the past 25 years.

Some 80,000 residents had to leave their homes within a radius of 20 km around the central because of the radioactivity, without so far having a date of return. EFE