Then and now, photos from Great East Japan disaster 10 years later

Japan's 2011 tsunami, then and now - in pictures

by Kazuhiro Nogi

Ten years ago, one of the most powerful earthquakes on record triggered a devastating tsunami in Japan, killing more than 18,000 people and triggering catastrophic meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. Kazuhiro Nogi's photographs compare the destruction of 2011 with the same locations following their reconstruction.

Ishinomaki (Miyagi-ken), Minamisoma (Fukushima-ken), Kesennuma (Miyagi-ken), Ofunato (Iwate-ken), Miyako (Iwate-ken), Ishinomaki (Miyagi-ken), Tagajo (Miyagi-ken), Natori (Miyagi-ken), Tagajo (Miyagi-ken), Otsuchi (Iwate-ken).

[published 10 March 2021 by The Guardian newspaper online]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/10/japans-2011-tsunami-then-and-now-in-pictures