3 years since quake-tsunami disasters

3 years since quake-tsunami disasters

MIYAKO, Japan - Police officers search for the remains of people still unaccounted for in the wake of the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami, on the coast of Miyako, Iwate Prefecture on March 11, 2014, the third anniversary of the disaster. The disaster killed 15,884 people -- many from drowning -- and another 2,633 people remained missing as of March 10, 2014, according to the National Police Agency.

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