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Japan announces it will cancel ceremonies marking the anniversary of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami as a precaution against the spread of coronavirus.
2020-03-3

Aquatic species from Japan hitched a ride on debris from the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami and were able to reach the West Coast of the United States alive.
2017-09-28

A Bank of Japan survey shows that business confidence has fallen markedly since the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.
2011-07-1

The Japanese economy officially goes into recession, in part due to the effects of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.
2011-05-19

The death toll from the Japanese earthquake and tsunami rises to 4,277 with at least 8,194 missing.
2011-03-16

A senior adviser to the Prime Minister of Japan Naoto Kan says that a fire has broken out in a fourth reactor at the Fukushima I power plant but it is later extinguished, with the radiation reading at 0831 local time (2331 GMT) climbing to 8,217 microsieverts an hour.
2011-03-15

The United States Geological Survey revises the strength of the earthquake to 9.0.
2011-03-15

Yukiya Amano, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, states that the Fukushima crisis is unlikely to turn into another Chernobyl disaster.
2011-03-14

The Japan Meteorological Agency upgrades the magnitude of the earthquake to 9.0. [http:--www.wkbt.com-Global-story.asp?S=14241524 (AP via WKBT)]date=August 2019
2011-03-13

Between 300 and 400 bodies are discovered in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture.
2011-03-12