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Japan remembers those who died in the massive earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
Japan's Emperor and Empress attend a memorial in Tokyo to mark 10 years since the worst natural disaster in the country's living memory: a powerful earthquake, deadly tsunami and nuclear meltdown that traumatised a nation. IMAGES
People in Hisanohama, a coastal town in Fukushima, observe a minute's silence at 2.46 pm local time (0546 GMT), to mark 10 years since the worst natural disaster in the country's living memory: a powerful earthquake, deadly tsunami and nuclear meltdown that traumatised a nation. IMAGES
Tokyo, Mar 10 (EFE/EPA).- On the eve of the 10th anniversary, Japanese people on Wednesday remembered the victims of the earthquake and tsunami that devastated the northeast of the country, a natural disaster that caused more than 18,000 deaths and triggered the nuclear crisis in Fukushima.On Mar. 11, 2011 a 9.0 magnitude earthquake, on the open Richter scale, and a subsequent tsunami devastated the Tohoku region of Japan and caused severe damage to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. According to the latest official figures, the damage is still affecting around 52,000 displaced people. (Camera: FRANCK ROBICHON). SHOT LIST: PAPER LANTERNS BEING LIT FOR THE VICTIMS OF THE 2011 GREAT EAST JAPAN EARTHQUAKE IN TOKYO, JAPAN, ON THE EVE OF THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEVASTATING EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI.
A huge fire razed a whole area of traditional wooden houses in Japan's Wajima, following a powerful earthquake that killed at least 78 people and left tens of thousands without power or running water. IMAGES
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