3/11: Japan Marks Anniversary of Meltdowns, Tsunami in day of mourning, protest
3/11: Japan Marks Anniversary of Meltdowns, Tsunami in Day of Mourning, Protest
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On the first-year anniversary of the Fukushima tsunami disaster people gathered in Japan and around the world for a day of mourning and protest.A little girl and her mother pray on Arahama beach for the victims of the earthquake and tsunami at Sendai city in Miyagi prefecture (Telegraph)
Agence France-Presse reports:
Japan fell silent on Sunday to honour the 19,000 people killed a year ago when a huge earthquake sent a tsunami barreling into the coast, sparking a nuclear crisis at Fukushima.
Tearful families gathered in the still shell-shocked towns and villages across the country's northeast to remember those lost when the towering tsunami smashed ashore.
At 2.46 pm (0546 GMT) much of the nation paused to mark the moment nature's fury was visited on Japan, when the 9.0-magnitude quake set off a catastrophic chain of events.
At a national ceremony of remembrance in Tokyo, Japan's mournful national anthem rang out before the prime minister and the emperor led silent prayers for those who lost their lives in the country's worst post-war disaster. [...]
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