TOKYO -- Ten years have passed since a 9.0 earthquake, tsunami and triple meltdown mercilessly slammed Fukushima, Miyagi and Iwate prefectures, leaving northeastern Japan a cleanup job so massive that it continues today, especially around the crippled nuclear plant.
Residents survey the shocking damage below them from the top of a hill in the city of Kesennuma. (March 12, 2011, Miyagi Prefecture) (Photo by Koji Uema)
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