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| - Features Editors: Paris: Kate Millar +33 1 4041 4636 Hong Kong: Sean Gleeson +852 2829 6249 Ten years ago, one of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded triggered a killer tsunami that devastated parts of Japan's northeast coast and triggered the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl. The towering waves left around 18,500 people dead or missing, while radiation unleashed by the Fukushima nuclear plant forced the evacuation of tens of thousands and left areas uninhabitable even a decade later. AFP journalists, including some who reported in the immediate aftermath of the disaster, have been back to the region to examine the impact and legacy of the tragedy. We will move the following stories in the run-up to the anniversary: Japan-tsunami-anniversary-children-earthquake,FOCUS ISHINOMAKI, Japan Yuto Naganuma looks silently as the cold sea breeze sweeps over the crumbling walls of the school where his little brother was lost in Japan's devastating 2011 tsunami. 1000 words by Hiroshi Hiyama. Picture. Video. Graphic Japan-tsunami-anniversary-nuclear-Fukushima-emergency,Q&A FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, Japan Ten years after the Fukushima disaster, Japan's nuclear industry remains crippled, with the majority of the country's reactors halted or on the path towards decommissioning. 700 words by Etienne Balmer. Picture. Video. Graphic Japan-tsunami-anniversary-earthquake-nuclear,FACTS TOKYO Japan this month marks 10 years since the worst natural disaster in its living memory -- the massive earthquake, deadly tsunami and nuclear meltdown of March 11, 2011. The scale of the devastation is difficult to capture, but figures help paint a picture. 700 words by Sara Hussein. File picture. File video. Graphic Japan-tsunami-nuclear,FACTS PARIS Nuclear power is responsible for 10 percent of the world's electricity production, but it remains a controversial source of energy, a decade after the tsunami that triggered the Fukushima nuclear crisis. Here is a look at the state of nuclear energy around the world 550 words by Julien Mivielle. Japan-tsunami-anniversary-earthquake-walls,FOCUS TARO, Japan With its towering seawalls, Japan's Taro was supposed to be able to survive disaster, but the 2011 tsunami still wrought utter devastation. 850 words by Natsuko Fukue. Picture. Video. Graphic Japan-tsunami-nuclear-Germany-energy-environment,FOCUS GUNDREMMINGEN, Germany The Bavarian village of Gundremmingen is so proud of its nuclear power station that its coat of arms is graced with a giant golden atom. But change is coming to the village, with the plant facing imminent closure under Germany's energy transition policy. 700 words by Jean-Philippe Lacour. Pictures by Lennart Preiss. Video by Marion Payet Japan-tsunami-anniversary-earthquake-nuclear-disaster-church-religion-Christianity,FOCUS OKUMA, Japan Reverend Akira Sato dreams that one day hymns will again echo through the Fukushima First Bible Baptist Church, a decade after the nuclear disaster forced the congregation to abandon it. 850 words by Shingo Ito. Picture. Video. Graphic Japan-tsunami-anniversary-earthquake-nuclear-disaster-community,FOCUS NAMIE, Japan A decade after the Fukushima nuclear disaster forced tens of thousands to flee their homes, towns in the region are still wrestling with the difficult question of how to rebuild a community from scratch. 1,000 words by Shingo Ito. Picture. Video. Graphic Japan-tsunami-anniversary,WRAP TOKYO Japan marks 10 years since the worst natural disaster in the country's living memory, with sombre ceremonies in Tokyo and the affected Tohoku region to remember the devastation unleashed by a powerful earthquake, tsunami and nuclear accident. 800 words. Picture. Video. Graphic Japan-tsunami-anniversary-earthquake-nuclear-disaster,FOCUS TOKYO It was just after quarter to three on a cold Friday afternoon when buildings across northeast Japan began to shake violently as one of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded unleashed its fury. 800 words by Katie Foster. File picture. File video. Graphic afp
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