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Subscribe to RSSLast year's tsunami in Japan caused what is estimated to have been the most expensive natural disaster ever, with more than 15,000 lives lost. Click here to see a series of photos that show the destruction caused by the 2011 tsunami and the same scenes nearly a year later.
Miyako City, Toru Hanai / Reuter
Wall of water: This combination photograph shows one of the most noted images from the March 11, 2011, Japanese tsunami -- a defense wall in Miyako being overwhelmed by the wall of water thrown up by a magnitude 9.0 offshore earthquake, one of the largest on record. The second photo was taken on Feb. 17, 2012.
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You have to admire the Japanese of how much they have done in 1 yr, suspect not much would have been done here with the same type of disaster with different groups bickering and govt red tape. Look how long it took to rebuild the World Trade Center.
Square dude - you are so right, everything in the US takes forever - World Trade Center should have been completed 6 years ago.
They didn't rebuild "The World Trade Center". It's called the Freedom Tower and it's still under construction. But, I get what you mean.
It is NOT called the Freedom Tower. The official name is One World Trade Center. Look it up!
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It is known as either Freedom Tower or One World Trade Center. My point was it is not called "The World Trade Center" anymore. http://www.glasssteelandstone.com/BuildingDetail/439.php
yea the freedom tower is not even completed yet. and we are the strongest economy in the world - go and ride the number 7 train in NYC, trains are from 30 years ago and they are still being used. "strongest economy in the world???
Guess what happens when you use money for destruction instead of construction????? That's the case in United States Of America....using 30 years old subways is okay....the problem is there's no real maintenance nor future vision on how to replace what is almost 100 years....nothing lasts forever......
Despite many challegens and critics, we have to learn so much about how Japanese handled its crisis, cleaned up huge mess, and working to build a new future. Simply amazing. I wish to read more and so much to learn.