THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
March 12, 2021 at 18:13 JST
Many people at Takatamatsubara Memorial Park in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, put their hands together in prayer at 2:46 p.m. on March 11, the time when the earthquake struck in 2011. Behind them stands the famed "miracle" pine tree that survived the tsunami. (Takuya Isayama)
On March 11, 2021, people across Japan fell silent at 2:46 p.m., in memory of the victims of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami who perished from the disasters of 10 years ago.
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