By RYOHEI MIYAWAKI/ Staff Writer
November 15, 2022 at 07:10 JST
The specimen of the Baird’s beaked whale is carried out of the Museum of Oceans and Shellfish in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, two months after the facility was destroyed in the March 2011 tsunami. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
RIKUZENTAKATA, Iwate Prefecture—A museum destroyed in the 2011 tsunami disaster is finally back in business after exhibits inundated with seawater and mud were restored with help from experts in and outside the prefecture. [Read More]
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