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Japan’s tsunami: Then and now

Updated 1:05 AM EST, Tue March 6, 2012
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A  photo of a sightseeing boat washed by the tsunami onto a two-storey tourist home in Otsuchi, Iwate prefecture taken on on April 16, 2011 (top) and the same area on January 16, 2012.
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A photo of a sightseeing boat washed by the tsunami onto a two-storey tourist home in Otsuchi, Iwate prefecture taken on on April 16, 2011 (top) and the same area on January 16, 2012.
Photot of a fishing boat washed up on the shore of Kesennuma in Miyagi prefecture March 16,2011 (top), and the same area taken on January 14, 2012.
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Photot of a fishing boat washed up on the shore of Kesennuma in Miyagi prefecture March 16,2011 (top), and the same area taken on January 14, 2012.
A boat washed on to a street by the March 11 tsunami in Ishonomaki, Miyagi prefecture on March 15, 2011 (top) and the same area on January 13, 2012.
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A boat washed on to a street by the March 11 tsunami in Ishonomaki, Miyagi prefecture on March 15, 2011 (top) and the same area on January 13, 2012.
The "Asia Sympathy" run aground by the March 11 tsunami in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, on March 18, 2011 (top) and the same area on January 16, 2012.
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The "Asia Sympathy" run aground by the March 11 tsunami in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, on March 18, 2011 (top) and the same area on January 16, 2012.
A replica Statue of Liberty standing next to tsunami damaged buildings at Ishinomaki in Miyagi prefecture on March 15, 2011 (top) and the same area on January 13, 2012.
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A replica Statue of Liberty standing next to tsunami damaged buildings at Ishinomaki in Miyagi prefecture on March 15, 2011 (top) and the same area on January 13, 2012.
A bridge in Hishonomaki, Miyagi prefecture on March 15, 2011 (top) and the same area on January 13, 2012.
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A bridge in Hishonomaki, Miyagi prefecture on March 15, 2011 (top) and the same area on January 13, 2012.
People evacuating with small boats down a road flooded by the tsunami in the city of Ishinomaki in Miyagi prefecture on March 12, 2011 (top) and the same area on January 13, 2012.
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People evacuating with small boats down a road flooded by the tsunami in the city of Ishinomaki in Miyagi prefecture on March 12, 2011 (top) and the same area on January 13, 2012.
Residents crossing a bridge covered with debris in a tsunami hit area of the city of Ishinomaki in Miyagi prefecture on March 15, 2011 (top) and the same area on January 13, 2012.
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Residents crossing a bridge covered with debris in a tsunami hit area of the city of Ishinomaki in Miyagi prefecture on March 15, 2011 (top) and the same area on January 13, 2012.

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