By HIDEMASA ONISHI/ Staff Writer
April 2, 2021 at 15:51 JST
Takatamatsubara beach on June 9, 2011, three months after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami devastated the region (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
RIKUZENTAKATA, Iwate Prefecture--A scenic beach here famed for the “miracle pine tree” that survived the 2011 earthquake and tsunami reopened to the public on April 1 for the first time since the disaster. [Read More]
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