Japan commemorates the 15th anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear disaster
Revived JapanToday marks 15 years since the A devastating earthquakeand tsunami waves (tsunami) in the northeast of the country, resulting in the worst Nuclear disaster in the world since the crisis "Chernobyl" 1986.
The agency reported "Kyodo" Japanese news agency reported that an earthquake measuring 9.7 on the Richter scale, the tsunami waves that followed it, and the collapse of the Fukushima nuclear plant led to the death of at least 22,000 people.
The National Police Agency estimated the death toll from the three disasters at 15,901 people, while 2,519 people were still missing as of the end of last February, most of them in the prefectures. "Miyagi" and"Fukushima" and"Iwate"
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaishi is scheduled to attend a ceremony held by Fukushima Prefecture.
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