Year After Devastating Tsunami, Japan Observes Moment Of Silence
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<p>A man prays beside lanterns placed at the waterfront in Tokyo Bay to mark the first anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami</p>
<p>Mourners in protective suits and masks gather for prayers for their beloved ones who was killed in the last year's earthquake and tsunami, inside the contaminated exclusion zone near the crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, in Okuma, Fukushima prefecture</p>
<p>A woman who lost her husband in the last year's earthquake and tsunami holds a candle carrying the message of "I love you" on it, during a memorial service for the victims of the disasters, in Iwaki, Fukushima prefecture</p>
<p>Children light candles during a memorial service for the victims of the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami, near the site of Heijo Palace in Nara, central Japan.</p>
<p>Nobuo Watanabe, right, and his wife, Seiko, with their dog look at a breakwater badly damaged by the last year's earthquake and tsunami in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, Sunday, March 11, 2012. </p>
<p>A young boy walks past lanterns placed at the shore in Tokyo Bay to mark the first anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami</p>
<p>Severely damaged reactor Unit 3 is seen at the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, Sunday, March 11, 2012.</p>