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Ten years after Japan’s earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster, fears have turned into acceptance that life may never be the same again for survivors.

The magnitude-9.0 quake that struck March 11, 2011 — one of the biggest on record — triggered a wall of water that swept far inland. Areas near the wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant are still off limits.

Japan on Thursday marked the 10th anniversary of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster that hit its northeastern region, where many survivors' lives are still on hold.

Construction work continues in the Arahama area of Sendai. (Ryo Kato) The Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami not only sped the population decline in many municipalities in the northwestern prefectures of Miyagi and Iwate, it sparked population growth in Sendai, a core city in the Tohoku region. The tsunami, on top of leading to scores of fatalities along the Pacific coast, also forced many survivors to move elsewhere in search of homes and work. “Municipalities where population decreases...

TOKYO -- Japan fell quiet at 2:46 p.m. Thursday to mark the minute that an earthquake began 10 years ago, setting off a tsunami and nuclear crisis that devastated the…

Still recovering, Japan marks 10 years since tsunami hit MARI YAMAGUCHI, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail 24 1of24A woman who lost her husband and grandchild in the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, prays in front of the grave in Miyako, Iwate prefecture, Japan Thursday, March 11, 2021. Thursday marks the 10th anniversary of the massive earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster that struck Japans northeastern coast. (Muneyuki Tomari/Kyodo News via AP)Muneyuki Tomari/APShow MoreShow ...

People, some carrying bouquets, walked to the coast or graves to pray for relatives and friends washed away by the tsunami. Emperor Naruhito and Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga are scheduled to observe a moment of silence at a memorial service later Thursday.

Still recovering, Japan marks 10 years since tsunami hit MARI YAMAGUCHI, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail 24 1of24A woman who lost her husband and grandchild in the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, prays in front of the grave in Miyako, Iwate prefecture, Japan Thursday, March 11, 2021. Thursday marks the 10th anniversary of the massive earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster that struck Japans northeastern coast. (Muneyuki Tomari/Kyodo News via AP)Muneyuki Tomari/APShow MoreShow ...

Still recovering, Japan marks 10 years since tsunami hit MARI YAMAGUCHI, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail 24 1of24A woman who lost her husband and grandchild in the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, prays in front of the grave in Miyako, Iwate prefecture, Japan Thursday, March 11, 2021. Thursday marks the 10th anniversary of the massive earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster that struck Japans northeastern coast. (Muneyuki Tomari/Kyodo News via AP)Muneyuki Tomari/APShow MoreShow ...

"A wave from hell." Matt Ketchum was mummering as he showed me the video hed recorded on his phone of the terrifying moment when the tsunami hit his town a few days earlier. Miyako, on Japans north-eastern coast, became world renowned for footage of a jet-black wall of water hurling yachts over a coast-hugging highway. The nautical debris was still evident when I arrived with my colleague Pol Reygaerts - including a huge cruiser jammed against the twin-columns of a flyover. Equating the tsu...