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. Then and now photographs show the extent of the destruction and the enormity of the reconstruction work
Ofunato in Iwate prefecture. Photographs by Toshifumi Kitamura and Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP /Getty Images