With earthquake, Japan faces toughest crisis since WWII, prime minister says

Reporting from Sendai, Japan, and Beijing - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan Told Reporters That his country was facing ITS most Difficult challenge since World War II, and his is called the People to unite in the face of a Devastating Earthquake and Tsunami and Potential Nuclear Crisis .

''This is the toughest crisis in Japan's 65 years of postwar history,''Kan said DURING a televised news conference late Sunday. ''I'm convinced That We Can Overcome the Crisis.''

The prime minister's remarks Came is a day "when the head of police in Miyagi prefecture Estimated That the death toll in his prefecture alone Would Exceed 10,000.