THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
April 13, 2021 at 10:30 JST
Yukiko Kikuchi, former publisher of The Otsuchi Shimbun (Photo taken by Masakazu Higashino in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on Jan. 22, 2021)
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