Still recovering, Japan marks 10 years since tsunami hit
(WorldNews Japan)

A visitor takes pictures of paper lanterns at “Washi candle garden”, a memorial to send messages from Tohoku region, in Roppongi district of Tokyo on March 11, 2021, the 10th anniversary of the 9.0-magnitude earthquake which triggered a tsunami and nuclear disaster. | Getty The magnitude-9.0 quake that struck on March 11, 2011 — one of the biggest on record — triggered a wall of water that swept far inland, destroying towns and causing meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. 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 in a disaster that...