A massive earthquake hit the northeast of Japan triggering a tsunami on March 11, 2011. A one-meter tsunami wave has hit Japan following a strong earthquake measuring 7.3 that struck off the northeast coast, Japanese media say. The wave hit the city of Ishinomaki at 6:00 p.m. local time (0900 GMT) on Friday, the same area which was badly hit by the devastating quake and tsunami that struck Japan on... 

Catastrophe: The true scale of the devastation that the tsunami unleashed is clear in this picture of the port city of Minamisanriku town where 10,000 people are unaccounted for. Half of the population of a Japanese coastal town are still unaccounted for as the death toll from the massive earthquake and tsunami looks set to rise. Government officials revealed the fate of 9,500 people in the north eastern...