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絆：ニッケイ・ストーリー ～東日本大震災から～
Remembering or Remembrance?: A Year After 3/11, Yuriage, Japan
Just over a year ago in the northeast region of Japan known as Tohoku, Japanese as well as ex-patriots from around the globe had their lives changed forever—or died. For some survivors the change was abrupt and catastrophic—lost friends, relatives, wives, husbands, children. Gone were their homes, businesses, work places, careers, farms, school life, oyster beds, vessels of all types and perhaps a peaceful retirement. In some places, an inordinate number of children were swept away along with their grandparents. The rest of Japan was to learn that is was because the north has retained much of the ...
