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15th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Photo taken from Namie in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, shows the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on March 10, 2026, a day before the 15th anniversary of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake.

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14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Lanterns are lit at the former Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 11, 2025, the 14th anniversary of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that devastated the country's northeast. A total of 74 students, and 10 teachers and officials of the school died or went missing when it was engulfed by the tsunami.

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14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Flowers are seen placed in front of the former Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 9, 2025, ahead of the 14th anniversary of the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami that devastated the country's northeast. A total of 74 students and 10 teachers and officials from the school died or went missing when it was engulfed by the tsunami.

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Australia's environment deteriorated in 2023: report

STORY: Australia's environment deteriorated in 2023: report SHOOTING TIME: March 19, 2024 DATELINE: March 20, 2024 LENGTH: 0:01:31 LOCATION: Canberra CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of Australia STORYLINE: The health of Australia's environment declined in 2023 amid low rainfall and a spike in the number of threatened species, a report has said. Led by researchers from the Australian National University (ANU), Australia's Environment Report compiles detailed scientific data to rate the overall health of the country's environment out of 10 every year since 2011. In 2023, the environment scored a 7.5 out of 10, the latest edition published on Tuesday revealed. It marks a fall from 2022 when the environment was given an 8.7 out of 10, the highest ever score. Albert Van Dijk, lead author of the report, described 2023 as a climate rollercoaster for Australia, with a relatively cool start to the year giving way to dry and unseasonably warm weather from May onwards. According to the

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CHINA-CHENGDU-FRANCE-MONTPELLIER-FRIENDSHIP (CN)

(230721) -- BEIJING, July 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- The Sun and Immortal Bird Gold Ornament is seen on the dome of the Jinsha Site Museum in Chengdu of southwest China's Sichuan Province on March 10, 2022. The Chengdu Universiade is just around the corner, and college athletes from all over the world will gather in Chengdu to strive for their dreams. Chengdu has many sister cities around the world. In 1981, Chengdu and Montpellier of France became the first pair of sister cities of the two countries. In 2011, the Montpellier Chengdu Primary School and the Chengdu Montpellier Primary School were built in Montpellier and Chengdu respectively to mark the 30th anniversary of the establishment of sister cities relationship between the two cities. (Photo by Zhang Yan/Xinhua)

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12 years after Great East Japan Earthquake

Police officers search on March 10, 2023, on the coast of Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, for clues about the fate of people still listed as missing since the 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster in northeastern Japan. The search was carried out a day before the 12th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake.

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12 years after Great East Japan Earthquake

Firefighters search on March 10, 2023, on the coast of Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, for clues about the fate of people still listed as missing since the 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster in northeastern Japan. The search was carried out a day before the 12th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake.

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12 years after Great East Japan Earthquake

Firefighters search on March 10, 2023, on the coast of Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, for clues about the fate of people still listed as missing since the 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster in northeastern Japan. The search was carried out a day before the 12th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake.

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Troupe on national tour of play on Fukushima disaster

FURANO, Japan - Playwright So Kuramoto speaks during an interview after a rehearsal by his drama troupe of his play about the 2011 Fukushima disaster in Furano, Hokkaido Prefecture, northern Japan, on Jan. 5, 2015. The group will perform the play, which is about the experiences of survivors of the tsunami and nuclear disaster in a small town in Fukushima Prefecture, nationally from Jan. 10 through March 14.

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Troupe play on Fukushima disaster on national tour

FURANO, Japan - Cast members of a drama troupe rehearse a scene from a play about the 2011 Fukushima disaster by playwright So Kuramoto, the group's leader, in Furano on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Jan. 5, 2015. The Furano Group will perform the play, which is about the experiences of survivors of the tsunami and nuclear disaster in a small town in Fukushima Prefecture, nationally from Jan. 10 through March 14.

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1964 Tokyo Olympic cauldron removed

TOKYO, Japan - The 1964 Tokyo Olympics cauldron at the National Stadium in Tokyo is removed by crane on Oct. 10, 2014, for transfer to the March 2011 disaster-hit city of Ishinomaki. The stadium will be demolished prior to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

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1964 Tokyo Olympic cauldron removed

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Oct. 10 shows workers preparing for the removal of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics cauldron at the National Stadium in Tokyo. The Olympic cauldron, a symbol of Japan's postwar reconstruction, will be transferred to the March 2011 disaster-hit city of Ishinomaki as the stadium will be demolished prior to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

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1964 Tokyo Olympic cauldron removed

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken on the Oct. 10, 1964, shows the final torch bearer Yoshinori Sakai after lighting the Olympic Torch during the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony at the National Stadium in Tokyo. The Olympic cauldron, a symbol of Japan's postwar reconstruction, will be transferred to the March 2011 disaster-hit city of Ishinomaki as the stadium will be demolished prior to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Sakai passed away in September at the age of 69.

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Japan nuclear plant gets safety OK

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken in March 2014 shows two reactors at the Sendai power plant in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan. The plant, operated by Kyushu Electric Power Co. obtained a safety clearance from regulators on Sept. 10, 2014, becoming the first to meet new regulations imposed following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.

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Suit over pupils' deaths in tsunami

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Photo shows Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on May 19, 2014. A hearing was held the same day at the Sendai District Court in the prefecture, after relatives of 23 pupils at the school who died in the earthquake and tsunami disaster of March 11, 2011, filed a damages suit in March. At the school, 74 of the 108 pupils died or remain unaccounted for, and 10 of the 13 teachers and school officials died in the disaster.

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Woman prays for March 2011 victims before new cenotaph

SENDAI, Japan - A woman prays for the victims of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster in front of a cenotaph newly erected at a park in Iwanuma, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on May 10, 2014.

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Woman weeps before monument for March 2011 victims

SENDAI, Japan - A woman weeps before a monument listing the names of people killed in the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster at a park in Iwanuma, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on May 10, 2014.

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New cenotaph for March 2011 disaster victims unveiled

SENDAI, Japan - A veil is removed from a new cenotaph for the victims of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster on a park hill built with debris from the catastrophe in Iwanuma, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on May 10, 2014.

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Taipei photo exhibition on quake, tsunami in Japan

TAIPEI, Taiwan - A man looks at a picture, taken by Japan's Sankei Shimbun, showing damage caused by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, at a news photo exhibition in Taipei on April 10, 2014. Photographs by 13 news organizations, members of the Japan Newspaper Publishers

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Taipei photo exhibition on quake, tsunami in Japan

TAIPEI, Taiwan - A visitor looks at a picture, taken by Japan's Niigata Nippo, showing damage caused by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, at a news photo exhibition in Taipei on April 10, 2014. Photographs by 13 news organizations, members of the Japan Newspaper Publishers

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3 years since quake-tsunami disasters

SENDAI, 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 Kesennuma, Miyagi 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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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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3 years since quake-tsunami disasters

SENDAI, 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 Kesennuma, Miyagi 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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Concert in N.Y. on eve of quake anniversary

NEW YORK, United States - Photo taken March 10, 2014, shows a joint concert by Japanese university students and U.S. music school students held in New York to commemorate the third anniversary of the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster in northeastern Japan. Five university students from Fukushima Prefecture, hit hard by the 2011 calamity, joined students of a public music school for children, along with members of the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra.

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Candles lit to mourn victims of March 2011 disaster

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Candles and electric lights illuminate the night in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on March 10, 2014, to mourn victims of the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster.

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Message on Tokyo Tower to support 2011 disaster-hit area

TOKYO, Japan - A message of "Strong Bond" appears on the observation deck of Tokyo Tower on March 10, 2014, to support people in the area ravaged by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami.

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Kin seek damages over deaths of kids in tsunami

SENDAI, Japan - Relatives hold portraits of dead children as they enter the Sendai District Court in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 10, 2014. The relatives of 23 elementary school students who were killed in the March 2011 tsunami in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, filed a damages suit, arguing the children died because the school failed to evacuate them to higher ground.

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Kin seek damages over deaths of kids in tsunami

SENDAI, Japan - Relatives hold portraits of dead children as they enter the Sendai District Court in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 10, 2014. The relatives of 23 elementary school students who were killed in the March 2011 tsunami in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, filed a damages suit, arguing the children died because the school failed to evacuate them to higher ground.

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Candles lit to commemorate victims of 2011 disaster

KESENNUMA, Japan - A woman and her grandchildren gaze at candles lit in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 10, 2014, in memory of the victims of the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster that devastated the city and other parts of northeastern Japan.

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Temple's 'light box' shines hope on disaster-hit Ishinomaki

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Visitors at a Buddhist temple in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, look at a colorful light box decoration made with colored cellophane and other materials by survivors of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, on March 10, 2014. The temple unveiled the light box to bring hope to the disaster-hit city as it marked the third anniversary of the catastrophe.

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Japanese sake named after lower house goes on sale

TOKYO, Japan - Bottles of Japanese sake called "Shugiin," a Japanese term referring to the country's House of Representatives, are shown at a shop in the National Diet building in Tokyo on March 10, 2014. The sake, made in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, went on sale at the shop on March 11 on the third anniversary of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, with part of the proceeds set to be donated to the disaster-hit prefecture to help its recovery.

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Suit over death of elementary school kids in tsunami

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Kazutaka Sato prays in front of a cenotaph at Okawa elementary school in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 10, 2014. Bereaved family members, including Sato, of 23 students at the school who were killed in the March 11, 2011 tsunami filed a damages suit the same day, arguing the children died because the school failed to evacuate them to higher ground. At the school, 74 of the 108 students died or remain unaccounted for, and 10 of the 13 teachers and school officials died in the wake of the tsunami triggered by a massive earthquake.

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Suit over death of elementary school kids in tsunami

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Photo shows Okawa elementary school in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 10, 2014. Bereaved families of 23 students at the school who were killed in the March 11, 2011 tsunami filed a damages suit the same day, arguing the children died because the school failed to evacuate them to higher ground. At the school, 74 of the 108 students died or remain unaccounted for, and 10 of the 13 teachers and school officials died in the wake of the tsunami triggered by a massive earthquake.

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3 years after quake-tsunami

SENDAI, Japan - Photos taken from Kyodo News helicopter show the Tairausuiso area of Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 10, 2011 (top), nearly a month after the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, and on March 3, 2014 (bottom).

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Higashimatsushima to launch tsunami tracking system

SENDAI, Japan - Hideo Abe, mayor of Higashimatsushima in Miyagi Prefecture, explains on Feb. 10, 2014, a new system to keep track of tsunami in real-time through surveillance cameras set up along the city's coastline and on top of the city hall. The northeastern Japan city, affected by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, plans to start operating the system in April.

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Man Utd legend Charlton

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Manchester United legend Sir Bobby Charlton stands at the stadium of the J-Village soccer facility in Hirono, Fukushima Prefecture, on Nov. 11, 2013. Charlton named the J-Village more than 10 years ago. After the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, the facility turned it into an operational base to tackle the ongoing crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

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2 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos taken from a Kyodo News helicopter show the Akahama area in the town of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on April 10, 2011 (L), about a month after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake, and about two and a half years later on Sept. 6, 2013 (R). A pleasure boat that was washed up on the roof of an inn (upper in the former) by the tsunami was dismantled, but the town government of Otsuchi now plans to restore it to preserve the memory of the disaster.

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Girl's dream to become designer lives on in handkerchiefs

IWAKI, Japan - Photo taken in July 2013 shows a handkerchief featuring the late Himeka Suzuki's award-winning painting. Himeka was killed at age 10 by the massive tsunami waves that engulfed her hometown of Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, and other places along the northeastern Japan coast in March 2011.

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Girl's dream to become designer lives on in handkerchiefs

IWAKI, Japan - Takashi Suzuki (R), father of Himeka who was killed at age 10 by the tsunami triggered by the March 2011 earthquake, takes a walk along the coast in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, together with one of her two younger brothers on July 10, 2013. In the back is the Shioyasaki lighthouse overlooking the Pacific Ocean, the subject of an award-winning painting by Himeka.

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Girl's dream to become designer lives on in handkerchiefs

IWAKI, Japan - Takashi Suzuki (R), father of Himeka who was killed at age 10 by the tsunami triggered by the March 2011 earthquake, takes a walk along the coast in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, together with one of her two younger brothers on July 10, 2013. In the back is the Shioyasaki lighthouse overlooking the Pacific Ocean, the subject of an award-winning painting by Himeka.

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Japan quake commemoration in U.S.

NEW YORK, United States - Attendees offer a silent prayer at a church in New York on March 10, 2013, during a ceremony commemorating the second anniversary of the massive earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan on March 11, 2011.

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Japan quake commemoration in U.S.

NEW YORK, United States - Attendees sing the Japanese song "Furusato" (hometown) at a church in New York on March 10, 2013, during a ceremony commemorating the second anniversary of the massive earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan on March 11, 2011.

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Japan quake commemoration in U.S.

NEWPORT, United States - Part of a pier from Misawa, Aomori Prefecture, that was swept away by the March 11, 2011, tsunami goes on display in Newport, Oregon, on March 10, 2013. The pier washed up near Newport after floating across the Pacific Ocean.

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Japan quake commemoration in U.S.

NEWPORT, United States - Japanese Consul General in Portland Hirofumi Murabayashi (R) and former Newport Mayor Mark McConnell stand in front of part of a pier from Misawa, Aomori Prefecture, on March 10, 2013, the day the pier went on display in the Oregon city. The pier was swept away by the March 11, 2011, tsunami and washed up near Newport after floating across the Pacific Ocean.

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Memorial service for 2011 disaster victims

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - A memorial service is held in the city of Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, for more than 1,500 residents who lost their lives in the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster, on March 10, 2013, a day before the second anniversary of the disaster.

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2 years after quake

OTSUCHI, Japan - Photos show an area in the town of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on April 10, 2011 (L), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same location on March 4, 2013, with a shipyard having been reconstructed and the pleasure boat Hamayuri that was washed up on the roof of an inn having been removed.

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2 years after quake

KAMAISHI, Japan - Aerial photos taken by Kyodo News show the area around Kamaishi port in Iwate Prefecture on April 10, 2011 (L), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same location on March 1, 2013, with the large cargo vessel having been removed.

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Young volunteers stay to support victims of March 2011 disaster

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Volunteer Yusuke Kato (L), holding a dosimeter, explains to a tour participant about a checkpoint set up 10 kilometers north of Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant crippled by the March 2011 disaster. Photo was taken Feb. 2, 2013, in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture.

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Nikkei hits 22-month high

TOKYO, Japan - A signboard at a Tokyo office of money broker Gaitame.com Co. shows the closing level of Japan's Nikkei stock index on the afternoon of Jan. 4, 2013. It ended the day's session at 10,688.11, up 292.93 points from the previous session on Dec. 28 and its highest close since March 4, 2011. The U.S. dollar trading in the upper 87 yen range is also shown.

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Nikkei climbs back to level before March 2011 quake

TOKYO, Japan - A display in Tokyo's Yaesu district shows the closing level of Japan's Nikkei stock index on Dec. 27, 2012. It closed at 10,322.98, up 92.62 points from the previous day and its highest mark since March 10, 2011 -- the day before a massive earthquake and tsunami hit Japan.