The giant Tsunami wave that devastated the northeast coast of Japan wiped out the region's coastal fishing industry, and cut the country's total seafood production by a quarter.
Bones disintegrate, the land erodes, the climate changes, forests come and go, rivers change their course — and history, if not destroyed, is steadily concealed.
The kind of avalanche that destroys trees, cars, buses, even houses! Tens of thousands of tons of snow were coming straight down the mountain behind me.
Police say armed men dressed in police uniforms tied up the shrine's guards and then set off explosive charges, destroying its 100-year-old golden dome.