Debris from Japan's tsunami last year washes up on the coast of Washington state more than 4,000 miles away

Radioactive waste from the March 2011 Japan tsunami disaster.

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"Hiking over primitive coastal trails, a team reached a dock that apparently floated from Japan after last year's tsunami and just washed ashore on a Washington beach, and an official said the group found Japanese writing inside the structure.

The team of tsunami debris experts is trying to confirm that the dock is from Japan and drifted for more than a year before winding up on one of the most remote beaches on the U.S. West Coast."