By TAKEMICHI NISHIBORI/ Staff Writer
November 12, 2025 at 07:00 JST
Deserted for more than 14 years, the campus of Tomioka High School in Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, is covered in weeds on Oct. 8. The letters on the plates on a building in the background, written by the final batch of the school’s graduates, roughly translate as: “May Tomioka High revive!” (Takemichi Nishibori)
TOMIOKA, Fukushima Prefecture--A school principal was touched while hearing former students singing their alma mater's song while retrieving their belongings years after the evacuation order following the Fukushima nuclear disaster. [Read More]
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