The Calamity of Japan's 9.0-Magnitude Quake

A Japan Self Defense Force helicopter rescues people in Minamisanriku, March 12, 2011. Japan confronted devastation along its northeastern coast on Saturday, with fires raging and parts of
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A Japan Self-Defense Forces helicopter rescues people in Minamisanriku.

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