Each year on March 11 at precisely 2:46 p.m., a siren blares across much of the northeastern Japan region that was devastated in the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, but instead of marking respect for the dead as intended, for many, it revives the pain and heartache of the disaster.The mournful wail, the same which was used amid the panic on that day, brings a flood of memories rushing back, causing many to revisit the trauma they experienced.Out of respect, some areas have decided not to broadcast the siren, but more than 80 percent of the coastal municipalities in the three affected pref…READ FULL ARTICLE
