THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
February 24, 2022 at 18:47 JST
Junior high school boy Shintaro Yamauchi lights candles around a fireside during a community ritual in Higashi-Matsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, on Jan. 14. (Masahiro Takahashi)
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