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Tsunami Hits Japan After 8.9 Megaquake A 33ft tsunami has killed at least 60 people and left 56 missing as it swept over Japan's northeastern coast after the country's biggest earthquake in recorded history. The 8.9 magnitude megaquake caused a huge wave that hit the port of Sendai city, sending ships crashing into the shore and carrying cars and buildings through streets. A ship carrying around 100 people was among those swept away. The quake also rocked the capital, Tokyo, which one of the cities shaken by at least 20 subsequent aftershocks. Police in Iwate prefecture, near the epicentre, confirmed the deaths of 17 people there. Mass