OTSUCHI, Iwate Prefecture--An inn here that became one of the most iconic symbols of the deadly force of the tsunami triggered by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake is to be torn down ...

Japan’s 2011 tsunami affected ... the ICRC had been directly in the tsunami’s path. “The wave reached the third floor of the main building,” says Kawamura, who served as ICRC director ...

ISHINOMAKI, Miyagi Prefecture—A school building here that was ... preserved among buildings razed by tsunami-triggered fires following the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, 2011.

142 lives were lost in Japan, with many damages to building and infrastructure. New South Wales too was hit by the significant tsunami of the Chile earthquake though damage was minimal.