Monday, March 11, 2013

Japan Stands Still Marking The Second Anniversary Of The Tsunami-Earthquake Disastergress on ...



Japan Marks Tsunami Anniversary -- The Guardian

Memorial services held to remember 19,000 who lost their lives in disaster as prime minister vows to speed up reconstruction

Exactly two years after its north-east coast was wrecked by a deadly tsunami, Japan marked the moment that the most powerful earthquake in its recorded history triggered deadly waves that killed almost 19,000 people, while the prime minister, Shinzo Abe, promised to speed up reconstruction of flattened communities.

In Tokyo and along the tsunami-battered coastline people gathered at memorial services to remember those who died after a magnitude earthquake struck offshore at 2:46pm on 11 March 2011.

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More News On Japan Commemorating The Second Anniversary Of The Japan Earthquake-Tsunami Disaster

Nation marks second year since calamity -- Japan Times
Japan marks quake and tsunami anniversary -- BBC
Japan Marks 2nd Tsunami Anniversary -- Voice of America
Japan marks 2 years since triple disaster amid slow progress on rebuilding, radiation cleanup -- Washington Post/AP
Japan pauses to mark two years since tsunami struck -- The Telegraph
Fukushima disaster: Long road to nuclear clean-up -- BBC
Two Years After Fukushima, Japan Worries About the Next Big Quake -- Time
Japan’s tsunami two years later – in pictures -- Euronews
(PHOTOS): Remembering Japan's 2011 tsunami victims -- Global Post

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