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One year after the Japan earthquake and tsunami, the pain of loss still runs deep even after re-building efforts have re-created a once destroyed country.

STORY: One Month Later, Japan Gets Hit With Another Earthquake 

The March 11, 2011, tsunami took away loved ones, jobs and the means to make a living. The population after the tsunami shrunk by 2,200 to 15,419, between the 857 who died in the tsunami and those who have moved away to look for work.

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Many fear it will contract further. The number of people collecting unemployment insurance has shot up 34 percent in the three regions hit worst by the disaster.

But the re-building effort has brought new hope to a community hit by one of the worst tsunamis on record.

Watch the before and after transformation one year later. It truly shows that when people come together after such a tragic event and work hard, great things can happen.

Take a look as Japan gets transformed into a collection of before and after pictures of the tsunami.