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Japan isn’t quite where it once was. Scientists say a newly recognized seismic event is to blame Original

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By Katie Hunt Verified
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The powerful earthquake that shook Japan in 2011 triggered a tsunami, pictured here breeching an embankment and flowing into the city of Miyako, northern Japan. Jiji Press/AFP/Getty Images See all topics Email Link Copied! When massive 9.0 magnitude earthquake shook Japan on March 11, 2011, the ground also made a more lasting move. About 15 minutes after the event began at 2:46 p.m. local time, nearly the entire country shifted eastward, according to GPS station measurements.
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Sunken wreck of WWII 'hell ship' used to transport POWs discovered after more than 80 years

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LUZON, Philippines — A Japanese ship was in a convoy steaming through the South China Sea on September 21, 1944, with around 1,200 British and Dutch prisoners of war crammed in its holds. U.S. warplanes, mistaking the unmarked ship for a military cargo vessel, dropped four torpedoes. One struck the ship. The vessel split in two and sank within minutes, dooming most of the Allied prisoners trapped below deck.
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Sunken wreck of WWII ‘hell ship’ used to transport POWs discovered after more than 80 years Original

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By Katie Hunt Verified
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The Japanese military transported more than 62,000 prisoners of war during World War II using dozens of unmarked vessels. German Federal Archive See all topics Email Link Copied! Researchers have discovered the wreck of a Japanese ship that sank in 1944 with around 1,200 Allied POWs aboard. The Hōfuku Maru was one of 56 unmarked vessels used to transport prisoners in harsh conditions during World War II.
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