THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
September 2, 2024 at 18:01 JST
In the aftermath of the Great East Japan Earthquake, a university gymnasium in Tokyo’s Shibuya Ward became a shelter for those who were unable to return home on March 11, 2011. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
On the afternoon of March 11, 2011, the Great East Japan Earthquake struck Tokyo with an intensity of 5 on the Japanese seismic scale of 7, causing widespread train and bus cancellations. [Read More]
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