In Pictures: Japan marks anniversary of disaster with subdued memorials

Amid the coronavirus outbreak, the state-sponsored remembrance ceremony to pay tribute to the victims of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami tragedy was cancelled.

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Mar 11, 2020, 03:54 PM

People attend a moment of silence at 2.46pm, the time when the magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck off Japan's coast in 2011, in Iwaki, in Japan's Fukushima prefecture, on March 11, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS

People taking part in a moment of silence at 2.46pm, the time when the magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck off Japan's coast in 2011, in Iwaki, in Japan's Fukushima prefecture, on March 11, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS

Police officers take part in a moment of silence at 2.46pm, the time when the magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck off Japan's coast in 2011, in Iwaki, in Japan's Fukushima prefecture, on March 11, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS

A man prays towards the sea to mourn victims of the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster in Iwaki, in Japan's Fukushima prefecture, Japan. PHOTO: REUTERS

A man prays towards the sea to mourn victims of the 2011 tsunami disaster, in Minamisoma, in Japan's Fukushima prefecture, on March 11, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS

A woman pays her respects to victims of the 2011 tsunami disaster, in Iwaki, in Japan's Fukushima prefecture, on March 11, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS

A man pays his respects at a memorial monument in Namie, in Japan's Fukushima prefecture, on March 11, 2020. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

A woman prays during a memorial service preceding a moment of silence at Hibiya Park in Tokyo on March 11, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS

A woman prays during a memorial service preceding a moment of silence at Hibiya Park in Tokyo on March 11, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS

Police officers take part in a search operation for the remains of people who went missing after the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster in Namie, in Japan's Fukushima prefecture, on March 11, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS

Police officers take part in a search operation for the remains of people who went missing after the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster in Namie, in Japan's Fukushima prefecture, on March 11, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS

Police officers take part in a search operation for the remains of people who went missing after the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster in Namie, in Japan's Fukushima prefecture, on March 11, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS

People lay flowers on their relatives' graves at a cemetery in Otsuchi, in Japan's Iwate prefecture, on March 11, 2020, on the ninth anniversary of the 2011 tsunami disaster. PHOTO: AFP

A memorial monument in Minamisanriku, in Japan's Miyagi prefecture, on March 11, 2020, on the ninth anniversary of the 2011 tsunami disaster. PHOTO: AFP

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