Commemorating disaster

Commemorating disaster

INAWASHIRO, Japan - Candles and torches are lit to depict numbers ''2011 3 11'' -- the day of the devastating earthquake and tsunami -- to commemorate the disaster and its victims during an event in Inawashiro, Fukushima Prefecture, on May 1, 2011. Evacuees from areas near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station and local people in Inawashiro took part.

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  • 2011/5/01 00:00:00
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