Japan on Monday March 11,2013 marked the second anniversary of a
devastating earthquake and tsunami, which caused the nation’s worst
nuclear disaster.
More than 18,500 people died or
went missing in the March 11 twin natural disasters in north-eastern
Japan, with about 400,000 houses and other buildings destroyed.According to an official tally, 15,881 people died in the disaster and 2,668 others remain unaccounted for.
On Sunday March 10,2013, thousands of people marched in Tokyo urging an end to the use of nuclear power. Japan's 50 nuclear reactors were shut down for checks after the earthquake and only two have since been turned on again.
Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko at the the national memorial service for victims of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami
Greenpeace activists light candles to mourn the victims of the Fukushima Earthquake and Tsunami in downtown Bucharest,Romania on March 10,2013,a day before the second anniversay of the twin disaster
On Sunday March 10,2013, thousands of people marched in Tokyo urging an end to the use of nuclear power. Japan's 50 nuclear reactors were shut down for checks after the earthquake and only two have since been turned on again.
Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko at the the national memorial service for victims of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami
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