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                      Japan Marks 2nd Tsunami Anniversary

   Japan is marking the second anniversary of a devastating earthquake and
   tsunami that claimed nearly 19,000 lives and caused the worst nuclear
   accident since the 1986 Chernobyl disaster.
   The government will host a national ceremony in Tokyo Monday, attended
   by Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko. And, the entire nation will
   observe a moment of silence at 2:46 p.m. , when a 9.0-magnitude
   earthquake struck on March 11, 2011 off the northeastern Pacific coast.
   Anti-nuclear demonstrations are also planned across Japan to call on
   the country to abandon nuclear power generation.
   The quake triggered a killer tsunami that swallowed coastal
   communities, battered the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, and left
   nearly 19,000 people dead or missing.
   Efforts to rebuild the disaster-hit region have been slow. Figures show
   more than 300,000 people are still without a permanent home, many in
   cramped temporary housing units.
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