2 years after Japan quake

SENDAI, Japan - Around 3,000 candles are lit in the Arahama coastal district in Miyagi Prefecture to form a message in English expressing gratitude for assistance from overseas following the massive 2011 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan, on the second anniversary of the disaster on March 11, 2013.

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