Japan to mark 1st anniversary of quake, tsunami that killed thousands
17:26, 10 March 2012
TOKYO. March 10. KAZINFORM Japan will mark on Sunday the first anniversary of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that devastated the country's northeastern shores, left about 19,000 people dead or missing, and triggered the world's worst nuclear accident since the 1986 Chernobyl disaster.
According to Kyodo, while much of the debris has been cleared, roads have been repaved and lives are beginning to be rebuilt, the scars left by the terrible devastation and the hardships that ensued continue to haunt the many affected by the disasters one year on.
The government declared late last year that the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, a coastal power station in Fukushima Prefecture that suffered meltdowns and explosions in the aftermath of the quake-triggered tsunami, has been brought under control, but numerous residents are still unable to return to their homes in the vicinity of the plant.