Photos: Japan tsunami damage, before and after
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RIKUZENTAKATA, JAPAN - MARCH 09: In this composite image, (Top) search teams sift through the rubble nine days after an earthquake and tsunami hit the area on March 20, 2011 in Rikuzentakata, Japan. The same location (Bottom) is seen days before the one year anniversary of the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami on March 9, 2012 in Rikuzentakata, Japan. A 9.0 magnitude strong earthquake struck Japan offshore on March 11, 2011 at 2:46pm local time, triggering a tsunami wave of up to ten meters which engulfed large parts of north-eastern Japan and also damaged the Fukushima nuclear plant, causing the worst nuclear crisis in decades. The number of dead and missing amounted to over 25,000 people. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)
