Japan marks third anniversary of quake-tsunami disaster

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March 11, 2014 at 10:18 AM

A man offers prayers in front of the main entrance of Okawa Elementary School where 74 of the 108 students went missing after the March 11, 2011 tsunami in Ishinomaki, Miyagi prefecture, northern Japan, Tuesday, March 11, 2014. Japan on Tuesday marks the third anniversary of the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami that killed 15,884 people and left more than 2,600 unaccounted for in vast areas of its northern coast. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

Japan's Emperor Akihito (R) and Empress Michiko delivers an address in front of the altar for the victims of the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami at the national memorial service in Tokyo March 11, 2014. (REUTERS/Franck Robichon/Pool)

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe bows in front of the altar for the victims of the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami at the national memorial service in Tokyo March 11, 2014. (REUTERS/Franck Robichon/Pool)

Employees of a nursing home Tsutomu Sato, 34, left, and Yoko Katayama, 30, toss bouquets of flowers into the sea in remembrance of the 36 people who died in the home during the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Minamisoma Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, Tuesday, March 11 2014. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Anti-nuclear protesters release balloons during a rally in front of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) in Tokyo, Tuesday, March 11, 2014. METI governs Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency and is responsible for promoting nuclear power. Japan on Tuesday marks the third anniversary of the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami that killed 15,884 people and left more than 2,600 unaccounted for in vast areas of its northern coast. The writing on the balloon reads " Fukushima Return." (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Police officers and firefighters search for missing people of the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami along the coast side of the Tokyo Electric Power Co's (TEPCO) tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Namie town, Fukushima prefecture March 11, 2014. (REUTERS/Toru Hanai)

Kindergarten students sit in a playground during an earthquake simulation exercise at an elementary school in Tokyo March 11, 2014. Schools in Chiyoda ward, one of the central wards in Tokyo, held an annual evacuation drill to prepare for a major earthquake in Tokyo, at the day of the third anniversary of the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami that killed thousands. (REUTERS/Yuya Shino)

Students take shelter under desks during an earthquake simulation exercise at an elementary school in Tokyo March 11, 2014. (REUTERS/Yuya Shino)

People hold electric candles as they participate in a vigil to pay tribute to the victims of the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami and to protest against nuclear power, in Tokyo March 11, 2014. Placards read "let's walk together" and " 3.11 is not over". (REUTERS/Yuya Shino)

Gathering around what is left of a disaster control center devastated by the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami, people bow their heads Tuesday, March 11, 2014 in Minamisanriku, Miyagi prefecture in a moment of silence at 2:46 p.m. when the magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck off Japan's northeastern coast. Japan marked the third anniversary on Tuesday of a devastating disasters that left nearly 19,000 people dead or missing. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

People arrange electric candles to form a message during a candle light demonstration to pay tribute to the victims of the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami that killed thousands and to protest against nuclear power in Tokyo March 11, 2014, the third anniversary of the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami, which triggered the world's worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl. About 130 people participated in the demonstration, the organisers said. The message reads, "3.11, connection", which the event organiser said means, "We are always with the victims of March 11, 2011." (REUTERS/Yuya Shino)

A man offers prayers in front of the main entrance of Okawa Elementary School where 74 of the 108 students went missing after the March 11, 2011 tsunami in Ishinomaki, Miyagi prefecture, northern Japan, Tuesday, March 11, 2014. Japan on Tuesday marks the third anniversary of the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami that killed 15,884 people and left more than 2,600 unaccounted for in vast areas of its northern coast. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

Japan observed a moment of silence Tuesday to mark the third anniversary of the quake-tsunami disaster which swept away thousands of victims, destroyed coastal communities, and sparked the nuclear emergency that forced a re-think on atomic power.

Survivors bowed deeply and joined hands at remembrance ceremonies in towns and cities around the disaster zone and in Tokyo, where Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko led tributes to those who died in Japan's worst peace-time disaster. (AFP)

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