THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
October 18, 2019 at 13:55 JST
Miho Kotaka, left, retrieves her daughter’s study materials and school uniform from her house in Marumori, Miyagi Prefecture, on Oct. 17. The building's first floor was buried by mud and earth. (Yosuke Fukudome)
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