THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
March 11, 2021 at 19:17 JST
Seiichi Koshita prays at his younger brother’s gravestone adorned with a fire bell in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on March 11. His brother, a volunteer firefighter, kept ringing a fire bell to urge residents to evacuate and was engulfed by the tsunami. (Masakazu Higashino)
Seiichi Koshita kneels in prayer and offers flowers at the foot of his younger brother’s grave in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, remembering how he died 10 years ago while trying to save others. [Read More]
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