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    Armenia remembers victims of earthquake in Japan

    news.am
    March 10, 2012 | 23:33


    YEREVAN. - Yerevan will hold an event `With you, Japan' on Sunday
    dedicated to the one year of the tragedy in Japan, namely, the
    earthquake, tsunami and the Fukushima NPP accident.

    The event is organized by the Armenian MFA and international donors.
    Japanese famous violinist Ken Aiso is expected to attend the event in
    the framework of his visit to Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan.

    On Mar. 11, last year, the 9 magnitude earthquake hit the northeast of
    Japan, triggering a 10-meter tsunami and followed by several powerful
    aftershocks. The epicenter was in north-east Japan. A massive
    earthquake damaged cooling machines of the Fukushima nuclear plant.
    Thousands of people died, over hundred thousand became homeless. The
    tragedy caused colossal damage to the Japanese economy. Armenia was
    among those states to send humanitarian aid to Japan.

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