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Japan marks the third anniversary of the quake, tsunami and the Fukushima nuclear plant explosion today.

Three years after the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami, myriad problems from a shortage of concrete to bureaucratic red tape still plague the reconstruction of coastal areas of Japan's northern Tohoku region.

People pray for victims of March 11 massive earthquake and tsunami atthe former disaster control centre in Minamisanriku, Miyagi prefecture on March 9, 2014 two days before the third anniversary of March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

Have you ever been on a high-speed train and, out of nowhere, felt the urge to dip your feet into a nice warm bath while you watch scenery wizz by the window? Most likely your answer is "no," but now you can do just that, thanks to Japan Rail's introduction of luxury foot-baths on their trains this July.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday announced that President Truong Tan Sang and his wife will pay an official State visit to Japan on March 16-19 at the invitation of Japanese Emperor Akihito.

That's the amount power companies have committed so far on thousands of tons of reinforced concrete and steel, armies of workers, tsunami walls and seismic tests.

Young girls at Japanese radio manufacturing plant in Tokyo, stretch in unison to the beat of a man blowing the whistle.

A child walks past a geiger counter, measuring a radiation level of 0.162 microsievert per hour, at a square in front of Koriyama Station in Koriyama, west of the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, Fukushima prefecture March 1, 2014.

In Fukuyama city, Hiroshima prefecture, stands the Holocaust Education Centre, the only such facility in this region and a place where Japanese children can find out about Jewish teenage war diarist Anne Frank.

Some of the smallest children in Koriyama, a short drive from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, barely know what it's like to play outside -- fear of radiation has kept them in doors for much of their short lives.

As Japan and the United States start talks on how to respond to armed incidents that fall short of a full-scale attack on Japan, officials in Tokyo worry that their ally is reluctant to send China a strong message of deterrence.

Some of the smallest children in Koriyama, a short drive from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, barely know what it's like to play outside -- fear of radiation has kept them in doors for much of their short lives.

This Tuesday, March 11, every community in Japan, and every Japanese person wherever living, will solemnly and mournfully commemorate the three year anniversary of the 2011 great Tohoku earthquake/tsunami/Fukushima nuclear plant disaster.

Celaya, an industrial city in the heart of Mexico, now has a Japanese language class where the teacher uses honorifics, addressing her students as "Felipe-san" or "Christian-san."

What's been said of confession - that it is good for one's soul but bad for one's reputation - can... This photo shows a Japan Airlines Boeing 787 Dreamliner leaving the gate at Narita international airport in Chiba prefecture, suburban Tokyo.

Tens of thousands marched and rallied in Tokyo and other Japanese cities on Sunday to mark this week's anniversary of the initial Fukushima nuclear disaster and delivering a message to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and parliament that they will not tolerate a restart of the nation's reactors, calling for a future of renewable energy instead.

Members of the ground crew at Naval Air Station Fallon prepare F/A-18C Hornet strike fighters in 2010 for flights.

On March 18, 2011, an official from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Chuck Casto, called together the NRC delegation on assignment with him in Tokyo.

A Boeing 777 pilot flying 30 minutes from the missing Malaysia Airlines plane told the New Straits Times in Kuala Lampur, Malaysia that he made contact with MH370 minutes after Vietnamese air traffic control asked him to message the plane.

Howard County has a new spelling bee champion. Megan Rabe, 13, an eighth-grader at Clarksville Elementary School, was the last speller standing after nearly 300 words and four hours of competition at the 10th annual Howard County Library System Spelling Bee Friday night at Reservoir High School in Fulton.