March 11, 2011: 15 Years since Japan’s historic tsunami disaster

March 11, 2011: 15 Years since Japan’s historic tsunami disaster

On this day in 2011, the world watched in horror as Japan was struck by the most powerful earthquake in its recorded history — a catastrophic event that unleashed a deadly tsunami, upended millions of lives and triggered a nuclear disaster. Fifteen years later, March 11 remains etched in history as the day of a triple tragedy that has shaped disaster response across the world.