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Japan marks fifth anniversary of tsunami disaster
In Tokyo and along the northeast coast, officials and survivors observed a moment of silence at 2 46 p m five years after the 9 0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami that killed over 18 000 people and caused Fukushima reactor meltdowns. Emperor Akihito Empress Michiko and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe led ceremonies as displaced residents number about 180 000 and a 57 billion reconstruction plan through 2020 was unveiled. Memorial prayers were said in Rikuzentakata for more than 1 700 dead.
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