South Korea: Fire Breaks Out at Seoul Convention Center, Prompting Evacuation

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12th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

12th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

A child touches a cenotaph that inscribes the names of more than 3,700 people who were killed in the 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster at the Ishinomaki Minamihama Tsunami Memorial Park in the Miyagi Prefecture city of Ishinomaki, northeastern Japan, on March 11, 2023.

Japan PM Kishida visits 2011 disaster-hit areas

Japan PM Kishida visits 2011 disaster-hit areas

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida offers flowers during his visit to Ishinomaki Minamihama Tsunami Memorial Park in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 12, 2022. The city of Ishinomaki was struck by a tsunami following the March 2011 massive earthquake. (Pool photo)

Japan PM Kishida visits 2011 disaster-hit areas

Japan PM Kishida visits 2011 disaster-hit areas

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida offers flowers during his visit to Ishinomaki Minamihama Tsunami Memorial Park in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 12, 2022. The city of Ishinomaki was struck by a tsunami following the March 2011 massive earthquake. (Pool photo)

Japan PM Kishida visits 2011 disaster-hit areas

Japan PM Kishida visits 2011 disaster-hit areas

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (R) pauses for a minute of silence for the victims of the March 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster during his visit to Ishinomaki Minamihama Tsunami Memorial Park in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 12, 2022. (Pool photo)

11th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

11th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

A man looks for the name of an acquaintance at a cenotaph that lists the names of the 3,695 people who were killed in the 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster at the Ishinomaki Minamihama Tsunami Memorial Park in the Miyagi Prefecture city of Ishinomaki, northeastern Japan, on March 11, 2022.

11th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

11th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

A man looks for the name of an acquaintance at a cenotaph that lists the names of the 3,695 people who were killed in the 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster at the Ishinomaki Minamihama Tsunami Memorial Park in the Miyagi Prefecture city of Ishinomaki, northeastern Japan, on March 11, 2022.

PM Suga visits 2011 quake-tsunami-hit northeastern Japan

PM Suga visits 2011 quake-tsunami-hit northeastern Japan

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga (C) offers flowers at the Ishinomaki Minamihama Tsunami Recovery Memorial Park in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, during a Dec. 10, 2020, visit to see recovery efforts from the 2011 triple disasters in northeastern Japan. (Pool photo)

PM Suga visits 2011 quake-tsunami-hit northeastern Japan

PM Suga visits 2011 quake-tsunami-hit northeastern Japan

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga (C, front) prays at the Ishinomaki Minamihama Tsunami Recovery Memorial Park in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, during a Dec. 10, 2020, visit to see recovery efforts from the 2011 triple disasters in northeastern Japan. (Pool photo)

PM Suga visits 2011 quake-tsunami-hit northeastern Japan

PM Suga visits 2011 quake-tsunami-hit northeastern Japan

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga prays at the Ishinomaki Minamihama Tsunami Recovery Memorial Park in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, during a Dec. 10, 2020, visit to see recovery efforts from the 2011 triple disasters in northeastern Japan. (Pool photo)