TOKYO: Japanese offered tearful prayers on Saturday on the anniversary of the deadly tsunami that triggered the Fukushima disaster, but public support for nuclear power is growing as memories of the 2011 meltdown fade.

A minute's silence was observed nationwide at 2:46 p.m. (1:46 p.m. in Manila), the precise moment when a 9.0-magnitude quake — the fourth strongest in Earth's recorded history — devastated northeastern Japan 12 years ago.

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