Giant coastal levee in response to quake-tsunami in Japan

Giant coastal levee in response to quake-tsunami in Japan

Photo taken Nov. 24, 2015, shows a 6.1-meter-high coastal levee in the northeastern Japan city of Kamaishi, with the sea being viewed from a square hall of the levee. The levee was built in response to devastation caused by the 2011 massive earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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