Two weeks after the massive earthquake and tsunami, the official death toll from the disaster stood at over 10,000, with over 16,000 people listed as missing.
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Yukiko Umehara (C) reacts after finding her cousin's childhood diary from amongst a tsunami devastated house at Tanohata village, Iwate prefecture on March 27, 2011.
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Takako Konno smiles after finding her cousin's childhood diary from amongst a tsunami devastated house at Tanohata village, Iwate prefecture on March 27, 2011.