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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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15th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

People facing the sea in the Fukushima Prefecture town of Namie, northeastern Japan, pray 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 that caused a nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant (back).

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15th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

People facing the sea in the Fukushima Prefecture town of Namie, northeastern Japan, pray 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 that caused a nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant (back).

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15th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

People pray in the Iwate Prefecture city of Rikuzentakata, northeastern Japan, 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. The monument to the "Miracle Pine," the only tree that survived in a coastal forest flattened by the deadly tsunami can be seen in the background.

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15th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

People pray in the Iwate Prefecture city of Rikuzentakata, northeastern Japan, 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. The monument to the "Miracle Pine," the only tree that survived in a coastal forest flattened by the deadly tsunami can be seen in the background.

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15th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

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.

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15th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

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.

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15th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

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.

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15th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

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.

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US: Sirens Sound as Hawaii Braces for Tsunami After Russia Quake 2

Sirens blared across Hawaii as a tsunami warning was issued for the islands following a magnitude 8.8 earthquake off the coast of Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula.

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US: Evacuees Use Hilo Airport Grounds Amid Hawaii Tsunami Warning

A magnitude 8.8 earthquake off Russia's eastern coast on Tuesday, July 29, triggered a tsunami warning for the Hawaiian Islands and prompted evacuations from coastal areas. This video was filmed as the person evacuated through the grounds of Hilo International Airport, which was being used as part of the tsunami evacuation route.

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US: Sirens Sound as Hawaii Braces for Tsunami After Russia Quake

Sirens blared at Black Sands Beach on the Big Island as a tsunami warning was issued for Hawaii following a magnitude 8.8 earthquake off the coast of Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula.

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Japan: Tsunami Surges Up River in Miyagi After Massive Quake Off Kamchatka Peninsula

A magnitude 8.8 earthquake off Russia's eastern coast triggered a tsunami warning for a wide area along Japan's Pacific coast on Wednesday, July 30. A tsunami was observed surging upstream in the Sunaoshi River, which runs through the center of Tagajo City in Miyagi Prefecture.

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US: People Brace for Tsunami in Hawaii After Massive Quake Off Russia’s Coast

A magnitude 8.8 earthquake off Russia's eastern coast on Tuesday, July 29, triggered a tsunami warning for the Hawaiian Islands. This video shows guests at the Marriott Maui Ocean Club watching the ocean amid a tsunami warning.

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US: Supply Lines Form at Maui Hotel After Quake Off Russia Triggers Tsunami Warning

A magnitude 8.8 earthquake off Russia's eastern coast on Tuesday, July 29, triggered a tsunami warning for the Hawaiian Islands. In response, people lined up for food, water and supplies at the Marriott Maui Ocean Club in Lahaina, Maui.

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Plastic whale sculpture in London

A basket labeled "Sudo-maru Kuji Port" in Japanese is seen on a giant whale sculpture made from marine plastic waste in London on April 17, 2025. The 11-meter-long sculpture, created to raise awareness of marine pollution, has caused a stir in Japan as it contains what appears to be debris from the massive tsunami triggered by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. Kuji was one of the Japanese cities hardest hit by the tsunami.

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Plastic whale sculpture in London

A basket labeled "Ishinomaki Fish Market" in Japanese is seen on a giant whale sculpture made from marine plastic waste in London on April 17, 2025. The 11-meter-long sculpture, created to raise awareness of marine pollution, has caused a stir in Japan as it contains what appears to be debris from the massive tsunami triggered by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. Ishinomaki was one of the Japanese cities hardest hit by the tsunami.

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Plastic whale sculpture in London

An 11-meter-long whale sculpture made from marine plastic waste washed up on Hawaii's beaches is seen in London on April 17, 2025. The sculpture, created to raise awareness of marine pollution, has caused a stir in Japan as it contains what appears to be debris from the massive tsunami triggered by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake.

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14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (4th from L, front row) offers a silent prayer during a memorial ceremony in the city of Fukushima at 2:46 p.m. on March 11, 2025, the time a massive earthquake struck northeastern Japan 14 years earlier, triggering a deadly tsunami and the Fukushima nuclear crisis.

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14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Police officers search the coastline of Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, for clues about the fate of people who went missing after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake that triggered a massive tsunami, on March 11, 2025, the 14th anniversary of the disaster.

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14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Police officers search the coastline of Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, for clues about the fate of people who went missing after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake that triggered a massive tsunami, on March 11, 2025, the 14th anniversary of the disaster.

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14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Police officers search the coastline of Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, for clues about the fate of people who went missing after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake that triggered a massive tsunami, on March 11, 2025, the 14th anniversary of the disaster.

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14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Photo taken on March 9, 2025, shows a monument listing the names of the victims of the massive March 11, 2011, earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Kesennuma in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Miyagi two days ahead of the 14th anniversary of the disaster.

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14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

People walk a dog along a tsunami barrier embankment in Namie in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Fukushima on March 9, 2025, two days ahead of the 14th anniversary of a massive earthquake and subsequent tsunami that caused a nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant (background)

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14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

People walk a dog along a tsunami barrier embankment in Namie in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Fukushima on March 9, 2025, two days ahead of the 14th anniversary of a massive earthquake and subsequent tsunami that caused a nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant (background).

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IAEA chief visits idle nuclear plant in Niigata Pref.

International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi (front, L) visits the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture northwest of Tokyo on Feb. 18, 2025. Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. loaded nuclear fuel into one of the reactors at the idle complex in 2024 as part of preparations to potentially restart the plant that was halted after a massive earthquake and tsunami in March 2011 triggered the Fukushima nuclear disaster.

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Drill for Nankai Trough quake

Japan Self-Defense Force personnel take part in a drill in preparation for the possibility of a massive earthquake in Osaka on Jan. 17, 2025. The exercise simulated a tsunami warning issued during the 2025 World Exposition, scheduled to begin in April in the western Japan city, following a megaquake in the Nankai Trough near Japan's Pacific coast.

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Drill for Nankai Trough quake

Japan Self-Defense Force personnel take part in a drill in preparation for the possibility of a massive earthquake in Osaka on Jan. 17, 2025. The exercise simulated a tsunami warning issued during the 2025 World Exposition, scheduled to begin in April in the western Japan city, following a megaquake in the Nankai Trough near Japan's Pacific coast.

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Drill for Nankai Trough quake

Japan Self-Defense Force personnel take part in a drill in preparation for the possibility of a massive earthquake in Osaka on Jan. 17, 2025. The exercise simulated a tsunami warning issued during the 2025 World Exposition, scheduled to begin in April in the western Japan city, following a megaquake in the Nankai Trough near Japan's Pacific coast.

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Drill for Nankai Trough quake

Japan Self-Defense Force personnel take part in a drill in preparation for the possibility of a massive earthquake in Osaka on Jan. 17, 2025. The exercise simulated a tsunami warning issued during the 2025 World Exposition, scheduled to begin in April in the western Japan city, following a megaquake in the Nankai Trough near Japan's Pacific coast.

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SOUTH KOREA-JAPAN FUKUSHIMA-13TH ANNIVERSARY-PROTEST

(240311) -- SEOUL, March 11, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Environmental activists take part in a rally in Seoul, South Korea, March 11, 2024, on the occasion of the 13th anniversary the massive earthquake and tsunami which led to the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan. (Photo by Jun Hyosang/Xinhua)

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SOUTH KOREA-JAPAN FUKUSHIMA-13TH ANNIVERSARY-PROTEST

(240311) -- SEOUL, March 11, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Environmental activists take part in a rally in Seoul, South Korea, March 11, 2024, on the occasion of the 13th anniversary the massive earthquake and tsunami which led to the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan. (Photo by Jun Hyosang/Xinhua)

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13th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Police officers offer silent prayers on a beach of Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, at 2:46 p.m. on March 11, 2024, exactly 13 years after a massive earthquake struck the northeastern Japan, as they search for clues about the fate of people who went missing after the earthquake and tsunami.

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13th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

People offer prayers on a beach in Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, at 2:46 p.m. on March 11, 2024, exactly 13 years after a massive earthquake struck northeastern Japan, triggering a killer tsunami and nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant.

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Earthquake drill held in central Japan

A large-scale drill in preparation for a massive earthquake in the Pacific Ocean's Nankai Trough is held at Nagoya port in Nagoya, central Japan, on Nov. 11, 2023. The drill, with about 1,300 participants, was based on the scenario that a magnitude-9 quake struck the region and a tsunami of up to 2.4 meters hit at the port.

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Earthquake drill held in central Japan

A large-scale drill in preparation for a massive earthquake in the Pacific Ocean's Nankai Trough is held at Nagoya port in Nagoya, central Japan, on Nov. 11, 2023. The drill, with about 1,300 participants, was based on the scenario that a magnitude-9 quake struck the region and a tsunami of up to 2.4 meters hit at the port.

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Fireworks by Chinese artist Cai in Fukushima

A fireworks display created by prominent Chinese artist Cai Guoqiang is held in daylight on June 26, 2023, at Yotsukura beach in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture in northeastern Japan, devastated by a massive 2011 earthquake and tsunami. The 40,000 fireworks, representing cherry blossoms, are meant to console the souls of the quake and tsunami victims.

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German Environment Minister Lemke in Japan

Germany's Environment Minister Steffi Lemke (front, C) offers a silent prayer for the victims of a massive 2011 earthquake and tsunami at Ohirayama cemetery in the town of Namie in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on April 13, 2023.

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German Environment Minister Lemke in Japan

Germany's Environment Minister Steffi Lemke (3rd from L) speaks to the press after visiting Ohirayama cemetery for the victims of a massive 2011 earthquake and tsunami in the town of Namie in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on April 13, 2023.

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German Environment Minister Lemke in Japan

Germany's Environment Minister Steffi Lemke (L) sees the model of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, which was crippled in a massive 2011 earthquake and tsunami, at the Great East Japan Earthquake and Nuclear Disaster Memorial Museum in Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture in northeastern Japan, on April 13, 2023.

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12th anniversary of Great East Japan Earthquake

People observe a moment of silence in Iwaki in Fukushima Prefecture at 2:46 p.m. on March 11, 2023, exactly 12 years after a massive earthquake struck northeastern Japan, triggering a killer tsunami and nuclear disaster.

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12th anniversary of Great East Japan Earthquake

People observe a moment of silence in Nagoya in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, at 2:46 p.m. on March 11, 2023, exactly 12 years after a massive earthquake struck northeastern Japan, triggering a killer tsunami and nuclear disaster.

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12th anniversary of Great East Japan Earthquake

People observe a moment of silence in Iwaki in Fukushima Prefecture at 2:46 p.m. on March 11, 2023, exactly 12 years after a massive earthquake struck northeastern Japan, triggering a killer tsunami and nuclear disaster.

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Pilgrimage for victims of March 2011 disaster

Monks go on a walking pilgrimage on Jan. 23, 2023, in Minamisoma, a northeastern Japan city devastated by the massive earthquake and tsunami in March 2011, in memory of its victims.

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Pilgrimage for victims of March 2011 disaster

Monks go on a walking pilgrimage on Jan. 23, 2023, in Minamisoma, a northeastern Japan city devastated by the massive earthquake and tsunami in March 2011, in memory of its victims.

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10 years on tsunami victims, disaster workers still healing wounds

TAKUA PA, Thailand - Rojjana Praesritong (C), 49, is surrounded by children at an orphanage in Pang-Nga, a Thai coastal province south of Bangkok, on Nov. 29, 2014. Rojjana has been helping children orphaned by the massive 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. Niwan Chantawong (L top), 38, a survivor of the tsunami, helps Rojjana run the orphanage.

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Restoration of 'miracle pine'

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - A part of the trunk of the "miracle pine" that initially withstood the massive March 2011 tsunami is suspended from a crane to be planted into the ground in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on Feb. 12, 2013, as restoration of the tree reached the final stage. The remnants of the tree were dissected in September 2012 into several parts for anti-decay treatment.

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Families of missing Japanese head for Sri Lanka

TOKYO, Japan - About 20 family members of 10 Japanese tourists missing since the massive tsunami struck Sri Lanka leave Narita airport, northeast of Tokyo, on Dec. 29 for the island.

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10th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan, March 11 Kyodo - People pray facing the sea in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, at 2:47 p.m. on March 11, 2021, one minute after a massive earthquake struck northeastern Japan exactly 10 years ago, triggering a killer tsunami.

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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.