Tomoko A. Hosaka

(The Associated Press) Local residents light a candle at a park during a memorial event marking six months after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Iwanuma city, Miyagi prefecture, Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011. As the world commemorates the 10th anniversary of the World Trade Center attacks, Sunday is doubly significant for Japan. It marks exactly six months since the disasters.

Japan marks 6 months since earthquake, tsunami

TOKYO — Up and down Japan’s devastated northeast coast, survivors prayed and communities came together Sunday to mark six months since the massive earthquake and tsunami struck on March 11, a date that changed everything for them and their country.

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