Evacuees, rescuers and officials in earthquake-ravaged areas of Miyagi, Iwate and Fukushima prefectures observed a moment of silence at 2:46 p.m. Friday, exactly a week after a massive earthquake and tsunami hit northeastern and eastern Japan.
The death toll has reached 6,911, exceeding the toll of 6,434 in the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake, the National Police Agency said. The death toll is a record high for an incident in Japan since the end of World War II in 1945.…
TOKYO, March 18, Kyodo
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