By CHIHITO SHIN/ Staff Writer
September 28, 2020 at 17:02 JST
When the tsunami hit in March 2011, water reached close to the second-floor ceiling of Nakahama Elementary School, which was about 10 meters above ground level. This photo was taken on Sept. 26. (Shigetaka Kodama)
YAMAMOTO, Miyagi Prefecture--A striking memorial has opened at a battered local school that became refuge to 90 people from the deadly tsunami caused by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. [Read More]
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