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More than a decade after the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, the government is shifting the focus of reconstruction spending and drastically reducing the amount spent.
Japan on March 11 marked the 11th anniversary of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster that devastated the country's northeastern region in 2011 and left more than 15,000 dead.
Singer and songwriter Mika Gorai will release a song about her hometown, Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, to mark the 11th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster.
To alleviate negative publicity, the government plans to quadruple the number of tritium-monitoring points in the ocean ahead of planned release of water accumulating at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant.
Shovel loaders digging pits at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant on Jan. 17 were a rare sign of progress in the government’s contentious water-discharge plan at the stricken site.