On March 11, 2011, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake and subsequent tsunami devastated large swaths of Japan's northern coast and triggered a meltdown at a nuclear power plant in Fukushima, contaminating ...

Japan marks tsunami anniversary, no government memorial amid coronavirus. By ...

Reporting from Ishinomaki, Japan — — “You are about to see something strange and very memorable,” architect Yoshihiro Horii told me as we were driving near the waterfront in ...

The 9.0 magnitude quake and tsunami that ravaged parts of Japan’s northeastern coast on March 11, 2011 killed about 20,000 people and drove thousands from their homes in the prefectures of ...

People gather overlooking the sea on Japan's north coast, but official memorials in Tokyo are canceled due to coronavirus fears. Japan marks 9th anniversary of tsunami that killed over 18,000 ...

People pray for victims of the 2011 massive earthquake and tsunami, at a memorial cenotaph in Kesennuma, Miyagi prefecture, Japan Thursday, March 11, 2021.

A memorial service near Little Tokyo commemorated the 18,000 who perished in the earthquakes and tsunami waves that ravaged eastern Japan two years ago Sunday.

TOKYO — Japan fell quiet at 2:46 p.m. Thursday to mark the minute that an earthquake began 10 years ago, setting off a tsunami and nuclear crisis that devastated the country’s northeast coast ...

But in Tokyo and many other places around Japan, the day was being remembered without a main government ceremony due to the coronavirus outbreak. 79 º Join Insider Sign In ...

But in Tokyo and many other places around Japan, the day was being remembered without a main government ceremony due to the coronavirus outbreak. Japan marks tsunami anniversary, no govt memorial ...

Some residents along the Japanese northern coast stood on roadsides overlooking the sea, offering silent prayers for their loved ones lost in a massive earthquake and tsunami nine years ago Wednesday.