Survivors of Japan's deadliest earthquake describe 'tsunami ghosts'

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Bereaved survivors were left to try to rebuild their homes after almost 20,000 people lost their lives.

The horrendous tsunami devastated Japan’s Tohoku region in 2011 Survivors of Japan’s harrowing earthquake and tsunami which claimed nearly 20,000 lives have reported encountering ghosts of the dead. The disaster wiped out towns and cities in the northeastern Tohoku region after a devastating magnitude 9 earthquake struck out of the blue on March 11, 2011.

The driver switched on his meter, but he ‘felt there was something strange about the passenger’, Kanebishi said. ‘By the time they had arrived, the sun had already set. When he looked back the passenger had disappeared. ‘There were several taxi drivers with similar experiences.’ It turned out the taxi drivers were the ones paying for the mysterious rides, he claimed. He added: ‘Many taxi drivers had experienced the loss of their families to the tsunami as well.

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