Five years after tsunami, 'we still feel the scars'

Much remains to be done to rebuild the lives of thousands still languishing in temporary housing

Japan on Friday mourned the thousands who lost their lives in a massive earthquake and tsunami five years ago.

At 2:46 pm, the moment the quake hit, bells rang out in downtown Tokyo and people around the nation bowed their heads in a moment of silence. All the trains on Tokyo's vast underground paused for a minute.