The triple disasters of earthquake, tsunami and nuclear event devastated Japan s north-eastern coast in 2011
Paper lanterns are lit to commemorate the victims of an earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan in 2011. More than 2,000 candles with messages will be on display until March 11. EPA
Lit candles are arranged to spell out memory and connecting future at the Great East Japan Earthquake and Nuclear Disaster Memorial Museum in Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture. AFP
Candles spell out memory and connecting future at the Great East Japan Earthquake and Nuclear Disaster Memorial Museum to mark the 10th anniversary of a 9.0-magnitude earthquake that caused a tsunami and nuclear disaster, killing about 16,000 people. AFP
MINAMISANRIKU, Japan (AP) For nearly a decade, a Japanese hotel has been giving bus tours to show visitors the history of the massive earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan’s northern Pacific.
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For nearly a decade, a Japanese hotel has been giving bus tours to show visitors the history of the massive earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan s northern Pacific coast in 2011.
The 9.1 magnitude earthquake and the tsunami it generated on March 11, 2011, killed about 18,000 people and devastated the coastline. Buildings in Minamisanriku were flattened, and more than 800 people in the city were killed or went missing.
The memorial park near former local Disaster Prevention Center where 43 workers died in 2011 tsunami in Minamisanriku. Photo / Eugene Hoshiko, AP