THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
January 10, 2024 at 18:10 JST
Students hide under their desks when the announcement was made, “Please take action to protect your heads,” in a drill during the first day of school at Unoke Junior High School in Kahoku, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Jan. 9. (Yoshika Uematsu)
Instead of chimes ringing on Jan. 9, many schools in areas severely damaged by the powerful New Year’s Day earthquake were silent as they postponed the start of the new semester. [Read More]
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