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Great East Japan Earthquake

The ruins of a tsunami-damaged building sit near Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.

15 years after Fukushima nuclear disaster, recovery continues in a changed landscape

Nature is reclaiming abandoned buildings in the exclusion zone surrounding Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, an area that appears frozen in time 15 years after disaster struck.

Water rushes out of a port at Onahama, in Fukushima Prefecture, before flowing back in again prior to a tsunami triggered by a preliminary 7.4-magnitude earthquake that struck Japan on Tuesday.

No damage at US bases after 7.4-magnitude quake sparks tsunami waves in Japan

A strong earthquake off Japan’s east coast triggered tsunami warnings for nearly four hours Tuesday in the same region hit hardest by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and nuclear disaster.

A sign welcoming guests to Okumatsushima near Nobiru, Japan, is all that is left of the area Feb. 10, 2016.

Former community destroyed by 2011 tsunami now just a stop on way to somewhere else

A reconstruction worker on his lunch break walks by the framed pictures of U.S. soldiers that he’s passed by several times before — but this time, he really looks.

The remains of a sign reading ''Nuclear power: Energy for a bright future'' stands over the barricaded road along National Route 6 in the ghost town Futaba, Japan, less than 10 miles from the severely damaged Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant.

Fukushima radiation poses little risk, but lack of trust lingers

The worst health effects of the 2011 Fukushima Dai-chi nuclear power plant meltdown aren’t coming from radiation — at least, not yet.

Marines from Okinawa and Camp Fuji along with soldiers from Camp Zama and Japan Self-Defense Force troops, assisted in the clean up of the Minato Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Japan, April 2, 2011.

Suburban sprawl, downtown struggles challenge Tohoku’s tsunami recovery

Any American from a city with a forgotten Main Street would recognize what is happening in Ishinomaki.

The wall at the Terauchi Daini temporary housing complex community room in Minamisoma, Japan, is covered with encouraging letters and thank you notes, Feb. 11, 2016.

Spurred by help from military families, tsunami victims aid others in need

Take papers dyed in springtime colors, fold them into dozens of flower shapes and sew them into a single ball.

Emergency

Yokosuka makes changes after learning lesson from last year's quake

When the shaking began on the ninth floor of Sakura Tower at 2:46 p.m. on March 11, 2011, Melissa Lindfors wasn’t sure if it was the sort of thing her family would just have to get used to at their new duty station in Japan.