Celebrities and athletes at home and abroad offered words of encouragement as well as expressions of gratitude for support as Japan marked Thursday the 10th anniversary of a devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit the country's northeast.American pop singer Lady Gaga said she has "so much respect to the people of Japan for your strength, kindness and love for each other" after seeing and hearing about the recovery of the disaster-hit region over the past decade."I think it gives hope to the people now who are fighting through the COVID(-19) pandemic all around the world," the 34-year-ol…READ FULL ARTICLE