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Self-Defense Force personnel are screened for radiation in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, after searching for bodies in the area soon after the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami. It is estimated that the military was responsible for 70% of the persons rescued after the event. | GSDF / VIA REUTERS Mar 10, 2021
A decade has passed since shifting tectonic plates released a 9.1-magnitude earthquake 70 km off the Pacific coast of Japan, creating a tsunami that inundated Tohoku and flooded the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, which led to the worst nuclear disaster since the Chernobyl meltdown in 1986.
Japan agonises over how to honour victims of the 2011 tsunami
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Japan agonises over how to honour victims of the 2011 tsunami
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