AERA weekly magazine
March 15, 2021 at 10:30 JST
Eighty percent of houses and other buildings lie collapsed in the Ogatsu district of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 16, 2011. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
ISHINOMAKI, Miyagi Prefecture--Rising almost three stories high and snaking 3 kilometers along the coastline, a seawall fortress guarding the Ogatsu district here today restricts views of the sea. [Read More]
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A series about Japanese-Americans and their memories of World War II
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