The rebuilding in Tohoku goes on, and the infrastructure is complete. Several people I know died there.
Many people in that area left and vowed to never return.
Others stayed in government shelters and are staying because the have nowhere to go.
Japan Today has an in-depth article
TOKYO
Japan on Friday marked the 11th anniversary of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster that devastated its northeastern region in 2011 and left more than 15,000 dead in the worst natural calamity in the country's postwar history.
Infrastructure in the hard-hit areas has largely been rebuilt, but some 38,000 people remain displaced more than a decade after the magnitude-9.0 earthquake and ensuring tsunamis caused widespread damage and triggered meltdowns at the ***ushima Daiichi nuclear complex.
Many people in that area left and vowed to never return.
Others stayed in government shelters and are staying because the have nowhere to go.
Japan Today has an in-depth article
TOKYO
Japan on Friday marked the 11th anniversary of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster that devastated its northeastern region in 2011 and left more than 15,000 dead in the worst natural calamity in the country's postwar history.
Infrastructure in the hard-hit areas has largely been rebuilt, but some 38,000 people remain displaced more than a decade after the magnitude-9.0 earthquake and ensuring tsunamis caused widespread damage and triggered meltdowns at the ***ushima Daiichi nuclear complex.
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