Half year after disaster

Half year after disaster

TOKYO, Japan - About 1,300 people join hands to surround the International Trade and Industry Ministry in Tokyo on Sept. 11, 2011, calling for an end to nuclear power on the six-month anniversary of the March 11 quake and tsunami. The disaster killed more than 15,700 people, while 4,000 remain missing, mainly in northeastern Japan. A nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, triggered by the natural disasters, continues.

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