A police officer searches for bodies in an area damaged by the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on March 9, 2012.
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Japan Earthquake: One Year Later
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A police officer searches for bodies in an area damaged by the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on March 9, 2012.
Takahiro Shito, 47, sits next to a Buddhist altar, dedicated to his daugher, Chisato, 11, who was killed during last year's tsunami tragedy at Okawa Elementary School on March 03, 2012, in Ishinomaki, Japan. Teachers at the school weren't trained for tsunami evacuation and didn't lead the children up the snow-covered mountain behind the school after the tsunami warning sounded. Out of 108 students at the school, 74 died and four remain missing; 10 of the school's 13 teachers were also killed.
People pray as they attend a Buddhist memorial service at a makeshift shrine for the victims from Okawa Elementary School, killed in last years tsunami, on March 03, 2012 in Ishinomaki, Japan.
Hiromi Sato holds her son, Haruse, as they pose in front of a destroyed Minamisanriku town hospital, where a boat still perches atop the 5-story building, in Minamisanriku, on March 3, 2012. Hiromi gave birth to her son at the Ishinomaki Red Cross hospital on March 11, 2011, the same day the massive 9.0 magnitude earthquake struck off the northeastern coast of Japan. In a fortunate twist of fate, her husband Kenji Sato, a wiry descendant of fishermen in his coastal hometown of Minamisanriku, took time off from work to see their third child, Haruse, born at the hospital in the nearby port city. A year on, the Satos, who all survived the tsunami are planning a quiet birthday with some cake and ice cream for the child who, his grandmother Kazuko insists, "was born to save us".
Miura Osami, 49, a fisherman whose boat was destroyed in last year's tsunami and is now working as a volunteer in a temporary housing community center, recalls his life on the ocean on March 06, 2012 in Minamisanriku, Japan.
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This before/after pair of photos shows Japanese vehicles passing through the ruins of the leveled city of Minamisanriku, Japan, on March 15, 2011, four days after the tsunami, and (click image to view) vehicles pass through the same area on February 23, 2012.
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In this before/after pair, two people walk along a street in a residential neighborhood in Onagawa, northeastern Japan, on March 19, 2011, eight days after the March 11 tsunami, and two people walk on the same spot on February 22, 2012.
In this before/after pair, Tayo Kitamura, 40, kneels in the street to caress and talk to the wrapped body of her mother Kuniko Kitamura, 69, after Japanese firemen discovered the dead woman inside the ruins of her home in Onagawa, northeastern Japan, on March 19, 2011 -- and the same scene , a year later, on February 22, 2012.
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A before/after pair of views of a tsunami-devastated area in Kesennuma, Miyagi prefecture, first seen on March 12, 2011 and a year later (click to view), on March 3, 2012
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In the 'before' image, a ship washed away by the tsunami sits in a destroyed residential neighborhood in Kesennuma, northeastern Japan, on March 28, 2011, and the same ship sits on the same spot (click to view) on February 23, 2012.
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Tsunami-crippled Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO)'s ***ushima Daiichi nuclear power plant No.4 (right) and No.3 reactor buildings are seen in ***ushima prefecture February 28, 2012. Members of the foreign media were allowed into the plant on Tuesday ahead of the first anniversary of the March 11, 2011 tsunami and earthquake which triggered the world's worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl.
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Local government officials inspect the bottom of the No. 4 reactor inside the containment vessel at the ***ushima Daini nuclear power plant, on February 8, 2012. The Daini plant, located south of Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO)'s tsunami-crippled ***ushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, was opened to the local media for the first time since the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
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