THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
March 11, 2020 at 17:40 JST
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe offers a silent prayer to victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami at a wreath-laying ceremony at the prime minister's office in Tokyo at 2:46 p.m. on March 11. (Takeshi Iwashita)
The Pacific coast of the Tohoku region was bathed in warm sunshine on the morning of March 11, the ninth anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami that ravaged this part of northeastern Japan in 2011 claiming close to 20,000 lives. [Read More]
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