The third anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake was held on March 11, 2014 in several places across Japan. In Tokyo, about 1,200 people attended the event conducted by the government, including Emperor Akihito, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, and about 30 people from Iwate, Miyagi, and Fukushima Prefectures who lost their family members when the disaster occurred three years ago. They prayed for 15.884 people who died, and 2,633 people who remain missing after the disaster occured, according to the data from the National Police Agency. Three years have passed, the Japanese government has been reconstructing the devastated areas hit by tsunami. The budget to 25 trillion yen has been allocated by the government for reconstruction that will be used within 5 years, starting in fiscal 2011. However, there are still many people who live in the affected area are not satisfied with the government's performance in terms of reconstruction so far.
