Remembrance ceremonies will be held in towns and cities around the disaster zone and in Tokyo, where Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko are to lead tributes to those who died in Japan’s worst peace-time disaster.
A national moment of silence is to follow the cry of tsunami alarm sirens which will be set off at 2:46 pm (0546 GMT), the moment a 9.0-magnitude undersea quake hit.
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