By TAKEMICHI NISHIBORI/ Staff Writer
November 12, 2025 at 07:00 JST
Graduates of Tomioka High School sing the song of their alma mater in front of its schoolhouse, left, in Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, in December 2015. The town of Tomioka remained entirely evacuated at the time. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
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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