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Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

Japanese Princess Aiko is greeted upon her arrival at the J-Village facility in Fukushima Prefecture on April 6, 2026. Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko are visiting Fukushima Prefecture to observe the recovery efforts after a massive earthquake and tsunami struck the region in March 2011, triggering a nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant. (Pool photo)

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Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako are greeted upon their arrival at the J-Village facility in Fukushima Prefecture on April 6, 2026. The imperial couple and their daughter Princess Aiko are visiting Fukushima Prefecture to observe the recovery efforts after a massive earthquake and tsunami struck the region in March 2011, triggering a nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant. (Pool photo)

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Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

Japanese Princess Aiko is greeted upon her arrival at the J-Village facility in Fukushima Prefecture on April 6, 2026. Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko are visiting Fukushima Prefecture to observe the recovery efforts after a massive earthquake and tsunami struck the region in March 2011, triggering a nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant. (Pool photo)

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Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

(Facing camera, from R) Japan's Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko arrive at the J-Village facility in Fukushima Prefecture on April 6, 2026. The imperial family is visiting Fukushima Prefecture to observe the recovery efforts after a massive earthquake and tsunami struck the region in March 2011, triggering a nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant. (Pool photo)

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Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

Japanese Empress Masako and her daughter Princess Aiko wave to well-wishers upon their arrival at the Linkru Okuma communication facility in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture on April 7, 2026. Emperor Naruhito, the empress and the princess are visiting Fukushima Prefecture to observe the recovery efforts after a massive earthquake and tsunami struck the region in March 2011, triggering a nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant. (Pool photo)

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Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

Japanese Empress Masako and her daughter Princess Aiko are greeted upon their arrival at the Linkru Okuma communication facility in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture on April 7, 2026. Emperor Naruhito, the empress and the princess are visiting Fukushima Prefecture to observe the recovery efforts after a massive earthquake and tsunami struck the region in March 2011, triggering a nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant. (Pool photo)

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Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

Japan's Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko are greeted upon their arrival at the Linkru Okuma communication facility in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture on April 7, 2026. The imperial family is visiting Fukushima Prefecture to observe the recovery efforts after a massive earthquake and tsunami struck the region in March 2011, triggering a nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant. (Pool photo)

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Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

Japan's Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko arrive at the Linkru Okuma communication facility in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture on April 7, 2026. The imperial family is visiting Fukushima Prefecture to observe the recovery efforts after a massive earthquake and tsunami struck the region in March 2011, triggering a nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant. (Pool photo)

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Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

Japan's Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko arrive at the Linkru Okuma communication facility in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture on April 7, 2026. The imperial family is visiting Fukushima Prefecture to observe the recovery efforts after a massive earthquake and tsunami struck the region in March 2011, triggering a nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant. (Pool photo)

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Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

Japan's Emperor Naruhito (2nd from R), Empress Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko visit the Historical Archive Museum of Tomioka in Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 7, 2026. The imperial family is visiting Fukushima Prefecture to observe the recovery efforts after a massive earthquake and tsunami struck the region in March 2011, triggering a nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant. Seen in the front is a police car wrecked in the tsunami.

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Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

Japan's Emperor Naruhito (2nd from R), Empress Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko visit the Historical Archive Museum of Tomioka in Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 7, 2026. The imperial family is visiting Fukushima Prefecture to observe the recovery efforts after a massive earthquake and tsunami struck the region in March 2011, triggering a nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant. Seen in the front is a police car wrecked in the tsunami.

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Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

Japan's Emperor Naruhito (2nd from R), Empress Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko visit the Historical Archive Museum of Tomioka in Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 7, 2026. The imperial family is visiting Fukushima Prefecture to observe the recovery efforts after a massive earthquake and tsunami struck the region in March 2011, triggering a nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant. Seen in the front is a police car wrecked in the tsunami.

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Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

Japan's Emperor Naruhito (2nd from R), Empress Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko visit the Historical Archive Museum of Tomioka in Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 7, 2026. The imperial family is visiting Fukushima Prefecture to observe the recovery efforts after a massive earthquake and tsunami struck the region in March 2011, triggering a nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant.

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Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

Japan's Emperor Naruhito (2nd from R), Empress Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko visit the Historical Archive Museum of Tomioka in Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 7, 2026. The imperial family is visiting Fukushima Prefecture to observe the recovery efforts after a massive earthquake and tsunami struck the region in March 2011, triggering a nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant.

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Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

Japan's Emperor Naruhito (2nd from R), Empress Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko arrive at the Historical Archive Museum of Tomioka in Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 7, 2026. The imperial family is visiting Fukushima Prefecture to observe recovery efforts after a massive earthquake and tsunami struck the region in March 2011, triggering a nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant.

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Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

(From R) Japan's Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko wave to well-wishers after arriving at the Historical Archive Museum of Tomioka in Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 7, 2026. The imperial family is visiting Fukushima Prefecture to observe recovery efforts after a massive earthquake and tsunami struck the region in March 2011, triggering a nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant.

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Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

Japan's Emperor Naruhito (back, R), Empress Masako (back, C) and their daughter Princess Aiko are greeted upon their arrival on April 6, 2026, at the J-Village football training center in Naraha, Fukushima Prefecture, which served as a relief center for people affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake. Fifteen years after the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters that struck northeastern Japan in March 2011, they are visiting the prefecture to see the recovery efforts firsthand. (Pool photo)

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Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

People wave to Japan's Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko upon their arrival at the Great East Japan Earthquake and Nuclear Disaster Memorial Museum in Futaba, a Fukushima Prefecture town that co-hosts the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on April 6, 2026. Fifteen years after the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters that struck northeastern Japan in March 2011, they are visiting the prefecture to see the recovery efforts firsthand.

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Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

Japan's Emperor Naruhito (L), Empress Masako (2nd from L) and their daughter Princess Aiko (3rd from L) talk with people affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake at a memorial museum in Futaba, a town in Fukushima Prefecture that co-hosts the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on April 6, 2026. Fifteen years after the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters that struck northeastern Japan in March 2011, they are visiting the prefecture to see the recovery efforts firsthand.

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Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

Japan's Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako (C) and their daughter Princess Aiko bow at the Great East Japan Earthquake and Nuclear Disaster Memorial Museum in Futaba, a Fukushima Prefecture town that co-hosts the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on April 6, 2026. Fifteen years after the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters that struck northeastern Japan in March 2011, they are visiting the prefecture to see the recovery efforts firsthand.

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Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

Japan's Emperor Naruhito (3rd from L), Empress Masako (2nd from L) and their daughter Princess Aiko arrive at the Great East Japan Earthquake and Nuclear Disaster Memorial Museum in Futaba, a Fukushima Prefecture town that co-hosts the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on April 6, 2026. Fifteen years after the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters that struck northeastern Japan in March 2011, they are visiting the prefecture to see the recovery efforts firsthand.

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Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

Japan's Emperor Naruhito (2nd from L), Empress Masako (2nd from R) and their daughter Princess Aiko visit the Great East Japan Earthquake and Nuclear Disaster Memorial Museum in Futaba, a Fukushima Prefecture town that co-hosts the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on April 6, 2026. Fifteen years after the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters that struck northeastern Japan in March 2011, they are visiting the prefecture to see the recovery efforts firsthand.

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Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

Japan's Emperor Naruhito (2nd from L), Empress Masako (2nd from R) and their daughter Princess Aiko visit the Great East Japan Earthquake and Nuclear Disaster Memorial Museum in Futaba, a Fukushima Prefecture town that co-hosts the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on April 6, 2026. Fifteen years after the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters that struck northeastern Japan in March 2011, they are visiting the prefecture to see the recovery efforts firsthand.

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Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

Japan's Emperor Naruhito (back, L), Empress Masako (back, C) and their daughter Princess Aiko visit the Great East Japan Earthquake and Nuclear Disaster Memorial Museum in Futaba, a Fukushima Prefecture town that co-hosts the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on April 6, 2026. Fifteen years after the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters that struck northeastern Japan in March 2011, they are visiting the prefecture to see the recovery efforts firsthand.

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Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

Japan's Emperor Naruhito (front, L), Empress Masako (front, C) and their daughter Princess Aiko visit the Great East Japan Earthquake and Nuclear Disaster Memorial Museum in Futaba, a Fukushima Prefecture town that co-hosts the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on April 6, 2026. Fifteen years after the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters that struck northeastern Japan in March 2011, they are visiting the prefecture to see the recovery efforts firsthand.

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Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

Japan's Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako (C) and their daughter Princess Aiko lay flowers at the Great East Japan Earthquake and Nuclear Disaster Memorial Museum in Futaba, a Fukushima Prefecture town that co-hosts the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on April 6, 2026. Fifteen years after the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters that struck northeastern Japan in March 2011, they are visiting the prefecture to see the recovery efforts firsthand.

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Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

Japan's Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako (C) and their daughter Princess Aiko lay flowers at the Great East Japan Earthquake and Nuclear Disaster Memorial Museum in Futaba, a Fukushima Prefecture town that co-hosts the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on April 6, 2026. Fifteen years after the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters that struck northeastern Japan in March 2011, they are visiting the prefecture to see the recovery efforts firsthand.

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Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

(Facing camera, from L) Japan's Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko arrive at JR Fukushima Station in Fukushima, northeastern Japan, on April 6, 2026, to inspect the recovery efforts since the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake.

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Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

(Facing camera, from L) Japan's Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko arrive at JR Fukushima Station in Fukushima, northeastern Japan, on April 6, 2026, to inspect the recovery efforts since the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake.

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Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

(Facing camera, from L) Japan's Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko arrive at JR Fukushima Station in Fukushima, northeastern Japan, on April 6, 2026, to inspect the recovery efforts since the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake.

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Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

(Facing camera, from L) Japan's Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko arrive at JR Fukushima Station in Fukushima, northeastern Japan, on April 6, 2026, to inspect the recovery efforts since the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake.

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Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

Japan's Emperor Naruhito (4th from R), Empress Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko arrive at JR Fukushima Station in Fukushima, northeastern Japan, on April 6, 2026, to inspect the recovery efforts since the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake.

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Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

(From R) Japan's Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko arrive at the Fukushima prefectural government office in Fukushima on April 6, 2026. The family is vising the northeastern Japan prefecture to inspect the recovery efforts since the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. (Pool photo)

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Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

(From R, facing camera) Japan's Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko arrive at the Fukushima prefectural government office in Fukushima on April 6, 2026. The family is vising the northeastern Japan prefecture to inspect the recovery efforts since the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake.

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Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

Japanese Princess Aiko arrives at the Fukushima prefectural government office in Fukushima on April 6, 2026. Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko are vising the northeastern Japan prefecture to inspect the recovery efforts since the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. (Pool photo)

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Japan's imperial family's trip to Fukushima

Japan's imperial family's trip to Fukushima

(From R, facing camera) Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko are greeted before getting on a shinkansen bullet train at JR Tokyo Station in the Japanese capital to visit Fukushima Prefecture to inspect the recovery efforts since the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake.

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Japan's imperial family's trip to Fukushima

Japan's imperial family's trip to Fukushima

(From R, facing camera) Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko are greeted before getting on a shinkansen bullet train at JR Tokyo Station in the Japanese capital to visit Fukushima Prefecture to inspect the recovery efforts since the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake.

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Japan's imperial family's trip to Fukushima

Japan's imperial family's trip to Fukushima

(From R, facing camera) Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko are greeted before getting on a shinkansen bullet train at JR Tokyo Station in the Japanese capital to visit Fukushima Prefecture to inspect the recovery efforts since the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake.

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EU commissioner visits quake-hit Wajima in central Japan

EU commissioner visits quake-hit Wajima in central Japan

European Commissioner for Crisis Management Hadja Lahbib (front, R) visits on April 3, 2026, the former site of a morning market in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, gutted by fire following a massive earthquake that devastated central Japan's Noto Peninsula area in January 2024.

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EU commissioner visits quake-hit Wajima in central Japan

EU commissioner visits quake-hit Wajima in central Japan

European Commissioner for Crisis Management Hadja Lahbib (back, L) visits on April 3, 2026, a temple in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, damaged by a massive earthquake that devastated central Japan's Noto Peninsula area in January 2024.

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EU commissioner visits quake-hit Wajima in central Japan

EU commissioner visits quake-hit Wajima in central Japan

European Commissioner for Crisis Management Hadja Lahbib (back, L) visits on April 3, 2026, a temple in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, damaged by a massive earthquake that devastated central Japan's Noto Peninsula area in January 2024.

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Indonesia: M7.4 Strikes Northern Molucca Sea, Killing One and Triggering Tsunami Warning

A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck the Northern Molucca Sea in Indonesia on Thursday, April 2, killing one person, damaging buildings, and triggering tsunami warnings.

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Japan: M5.0 Earthquake Strikes Ibaraki, Shaking Tokyo and Surrounding Areas

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck the southern Ibaraki Prefecture area at around 10:06 a.m. on Wednesday, April 1, sending tremors across a wide area including Tokyo. No tsunami warning was issued following the quake.

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[Breaking News]15th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

SENDAI, Japan, March 11 Kyodo - People pray in the Arahama coastal area in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, at 2:46 p.m. on March 11, 2026, exactly 15 years after the Great East Japan Earthquake struck northeastern Japan, triggering a massive tsunami. (Kyodo)

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[Breaking News]15th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan, March 11 Kyodo - The monument to the "Miracle Pine," the only tree in a coastal forest that was not flattened by the deadly tsunami in northeastern Japan, is pictured in the morning sun in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on March 11, 2026, the 15th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake. (Kyodo)

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15th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

15th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Candles are lit in a memorial event held in front of JR Futaba Station in the Fukushima Prefecture town of Futaba, which co-hosts the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on March 11, 2026, the 15th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake.

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15th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

15th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Candles are lit in a memorial event held in front of JR Futaba Station in the Fukushima Prefecture town of Futaba, which co-hosts the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on March 11, 2026, the 15th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake.

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15th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

15th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Candles are lit in a memorial event held in front of JR Futaba Station in the Fukushima Prefecture town of Futaba, which co-hosts the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on March 11, 2026, the 15th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake.

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15th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

15th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

People on the rooftop of the Great East Japan Earthquake and Nuclear Disaster Memorial Museum, which documents the disasters and provides programs on disaster preparedness, in the Fukushima Prefecture town of Futaba pray at 2:46 p.m. on March 11, 2026, marking 15 years since the Great East Japan Earthquake struck northeastern Japan.

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15th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

15th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. President Tomoaki Kobayakawa observes a moment of silence at the new administration building of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture at 2:46 p.m. on March 11, 2026, marking 15 years since the Great East Japan Earthquake struck northeastern Japan. A subsequent tsunami caused a nuclear disaster at the plant.

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