Caution for Use
The Great East Japan Earthquake
Soon six months after that day
(Karatan Town, Iwate Prefecture)
September 9, 2011, Kamaishi, Japan - Destroyed houses, rubbles and debris litter the residential area of Toni, near Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, 450km northeast of Tokyo, on April 2, 2011, top. Weed have grown in the same area on Friday, September 9, nearly six months after the destruction an arthquake and tsunami have caused.
Japan marks sixth months anniversary on September 11 of an earthquake and tsunami that have ravaged 130 kilometers along the Pacific coast in the country's northeastern region, leaving nearly 20,000 dead or missing. Six months after the nation's worst ever disaster. which also sparked a nuclear crisis, still more than 20,000 people are forced to dwell in temporary shelters and housings throughout the area. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO) [3615] -mis-