Tsunami in Japan: 5 years on

Tsunami in Japan: 5 years on

SENDAI, March 5 Kyodo - Combined photos show an area of Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, in northeastern Japan on April 27, 2011 (top), shortly after the area was devastated by massive tsunami; and the same area nearly five years later on Feb. 14, 2016. Seedlings of Japanese black pine trees, planted as part of efforts to prevent disaster, sway in wind.

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  • ILEA001215174
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  • 2016/3/05 00:00:00
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  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
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  • 2011 Kyodo News
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