The Calamity of Japan's 9.0-Magnitude Quake

Japan, earthquake, Fukushima
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Bare Market
A woman walks past empty shelves at a grocery store in the northwestern city of Akita on March 15, 2011, as panic buying began to sweep through the country.

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