THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
March 12, 2021 at 18:13 JST
Family members of the bankers from the Onagawa branch of 77 Bank who died due to the disaster offer flowers to the sea from a boat. Their boss asked them to evacuate to the roof of the bank building, but 12 lost their lives in the tsunami. Of these, eight remain missing. The photo was taken in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 11. (Takaharu Yagi)
On March 11, 2021, people across Japan fell silent at 2:46 p.m., in memory of the victims of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami who perished from the disasters of 10 years ago. [Read More]
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