Funeral ceremonies held in Japan to commemorate Tsunami victims

2시 46분 '일본 전국이 묵념'…동일본 대지진 5년 추모행사 Five years have passed since a massive earthquake and tsunami hit the east coast of Japan on March 11. Events were held all over Japan on Friday in remembrance of the nearly 20－thousand people killed and missing from the disaster， The Japanese government also held a memorial service at the National Theatre of Japan at two thirty p.m. attended by Prime Minister， Shinzo Abe， Japanese Emperor Akihito and prominent politicians， A minute of silent prayer was held at exactly two－forty－six p.m.， the exact time the nine－point－oh magnitude quake hit in 2011. Following funeral addresses by Abe and Emperor Akihito， the theater was opened to the public to allow offerings to the victims. Visit ‘Arirang News’ Official Pages Facebook(NEWS): http://www.facebook.com/newsarirang Homepage: http://www.arirang.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/arirangtv Twitter: http://twitter.com/arirangworld Instagram: http://instagram.com/arirangworld