Great East Japan Earthquake
Already 2 years have passed since the catastrophe.
March 7, 2013, Iwanuma, Japan - Brand new tombstones are built on the graveyard of a local Buddhist temple near Sendai Airport in Iwanuma, Miyagi Prefecture. March 7, 2013, Sendai, Japan - A gutted house remains standing outside Sendai Airport, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 7, 2013. Wide patches of the area was inundated by the flood waters two years ago on March 11 when the Magnitude 9.0 earthquake and ensuing tsunami struck the nation's northeast region, leaving more than 15,000 people dead and ravaging wide swaths of coastal towns and villages. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO) AYF -mis-