Removal of debris from disaster areas

Removal of debris from disaster areas

KAMAISHI, Japan - Members of the Self-Defense Forces remove rubble in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on April 30, 2011. The central government assumes it will take three years for the prefectures worst hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami to finish removing massive piles of debris left by the disaster.

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