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Photo Story: Japan marks 11th anniversary of earthquake and tsunami

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epa09816626 A woman offers a prayer on the 11th anniversary of Japan's 2011 earthquake and tsunami, in Tokyo, Japan, 11 March 2022. On 11 March 2011 a magnitude 9.0 earthquake triggered a tsunami, devastating northern Japan and Tokyo Electric Power Company's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. According to the National Police Agency, 15,900 people died and 2,523 are still missing. EPA-EFE/KIMIMASA MAYAMA

A woman offers a prayer on the 11th anniversary of Japan’s 2011 earthquake and tsunami, in Tokyo, Japan, 11 March 2022.

On 11 March 2011 a magnitude 9.0 earthquake triggered a tsunami, devastating northern Japan and Tokyo Electric Power Company’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. According to the National Police Agency, 15,900 people died and 2,523 are still missing.

Via EPA-EFE/KIMIMASA MAYAMA

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