Japan marked the ninth anniversary Wednesday of the massive earthquake and tsunami in its northeastern region that left more than 15,000 people dead, but health fears over the spread of the new coronavirus caused several events to be canceled or scaled down.A state-sponsored memorial ceremony that had been held every year in Tokyo since 2012 was canceled for the first time, with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivering an address at his office instead.Many municipalities in the hardest-hit prefectures of Fukushima, Iwate and Miyagi, which canceled or postponed their ceremonies, still set up are…READ FULL ARTICLE
