Timeline of events in Japan
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Japan marks 1 year since quake, tsunami disaster
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The Big Picture Massive earthquake hits Japan
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Tsunami aftermath
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Special section The Japan earthquake and tsunami
March 14, 2011
A mother tried to talk to her daughter who had been isolated for signs of radiation after evacuating from the vicinity of Fukushima's nuclear plants. The daughter was in a makeshift facility to screen, cleanse, and isolate people with high radiation levels in Nihonmatsu, northern Japan.