One Year After Tsunami: Japan Mourns

Japan marked with a moment of silence on Sunday, one year since an earthquake and tsunami killed thousands with prayers and anti-nuclear rallies, for a crisis that shattered public trust in atomic power and the nation's leaders.

The magnitude 9.0 earthquake unleashed a wall of water that hit Japan's northeast coast, killing nearly 16,000 and leaving nearly 3,300 unaccounted for. The country observed a minute of silence at 2:46 p.m. (0546 GMT), the time the quake struck.

Tokyo Electric Power Company's (Tepco) Fukushima plant, was devastated in the quake where reactor meltdowns triggered the world's worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl.

"Each and every member of our company and its group remembers March 11 and will work with our all hearts to solve challenges with safety as our first priority," Tepco President Toshio Nishizawa, who marked the anniversary at the plant, said in a statement.

(From Yahoo)