Japan Marks 3rd Anniversary of Devastating Earthquake And Tsunami Tragedy

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Still Struggling To Come To Terms With The Devastation, Japan Marks The Third Anniversary Of Its Tsunami Tragedy That Killed More Than 15,000 People -- Daily Mail

* The tsunami hit in Japan in 2011, killing 15,000 people, left 2,636 missing, and caused a nuclear disaster
* Both the Prime Minister and the Emperor were in attendance at remembrance events in Tokyo
* Japan has set aside 25 trillion yen ($250 billion, £150 million) for reconstruction events
* The Fukushima disaster was a product of the tsunami, and has poisoned much of the coast with radiation
* Some areas of Japan are still to contaminated to go near because of the nuclear meltdown

Three years after the devastating tsunami that killed more than 15,000 people, Japan is still in mourning of the event that ravaged coastal communities and triggered a nuclear crisis.

In the anniversary ceremony, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged to boost rebuilding efforts, after they have struggled to rebuild towns and villages, and clean up the radiation from the subsequent meltdown at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant.

Thanks to shortages of skilled workers and materials, reconstruction efforts, which have finally started getting on their way, are already somewhat delayed.

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More News On Japan Marking The 3rd Anniversary Of Devastating Earthquake And Tsunami Tragedy

Japan marks 3rd anniversary of tsunami disasters -- Washington Post/AP
Japan Marks 3rd Anniversary of Devastating Earthquake -- Voice of America
Japan Tsunami Anniversary: Millions Mark Moment 2011 Quake Struck -- NBC
Japan Three Years After Tsunami -- WSJ
Fukushima anniversary: Japan remembers -- Al Jazeera
Japan is still searching for those who went missing 3 years after the tsunami -- Global Post
The children of Japan's Fukushima battle an invisible enemy -- Reuters
Japan's Fukushima recovery: What's been done and what's still to do -- Justin McCurry, Christian Science Monitor
Photos of Towns Destroyed by Japan’s Tsunami, Three Years Later -- Wired
Memories of Japan’s Fukushima disaster still linger three years later (Photo Gallery) -- Baltimore Sun

WNU Editor: The below video is a documentary on the earthquake and tsunami disaster that hit Japan three years ago.

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