Later today at 2:46PM Japan time, the country will observe a moment of silence, to mark the second year anniversary of the devastating earthquake and tsunami that struck the Tohoku region back in 2011.
On March 11, 2011, the city of Kamaishi in Iwate Prefecture was stricken by an enormous tsunami. The great majority of the 3,000 primary and middle school students managed to survive by fleeing to safety.
"My Fukushima Home" - The Japanese American ukulele virtuoso from Hawaii, meets evacuees from the radiation-contaminated town of Futaba living at a school far from their home town.
For 35 years, Shima Company has refined its technology for recycling motor vehicles. But the nuclear crisis in Fukushima has put the company in dire straits.
2011 Tohoku Earthquake 
