9.0-magnitude earthquake strikes Japan

It has been one week since a tsunami spawned by a 9.0-magnitude earthquake in Japan swept away boats, cars, homes, and people and triggered nuclear power plant explosions that heightened fears of radiation. The death toll on Thursday reached more than 4,300, and more than 8,000 are missing, Japan’s National Police Agency said. Read on to see scenes of the aftermath in Japan. In this photo, Aiko Musashi and her husband Katsuya removes their personal belongings from their destroyed home on Friday in Kesennuma, Japan.
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It has been one week since a tsunami spawned by a 9.0-magnitude earthquake in Japan swept away boats, cars, homes, and people and triggered nuclear power plant explosions that heightened fears of radiation. The death toll on Thursday reached more than 4,300, and more than 8,000 are missing, Japan’s National Police Agency said.

Read on to see scenes of the aftermath in Japan.

In this photo, Aiko Musashi and her husband Katsuya removes their personal belongings from their destroyed home on Friday in Kesennuma, Japan.