By SHINGO KUZUTANI/ Staff Photographer
March 12, 2021 at 07:00 JST
March 28, 2012: The three shards of bone from the cremated remains of his mother, Kanako, are kept at the family altar in Yamada, Iwate Prefecture. Sora Sasaki picks them up to rub them occasionally. (Shingo Kuzutani)
Editor’s note: This is the third of a four-part series retracing the lives of four families over the decade following the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, mainly through photos that depict a range of human emotions as bereaved family members and other survivors tried to comfort each other and rebuild their lives. [Read More]
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