Tsunami-hit landmark in north Japan to be publicly owned until 2031

A tsunami-ravaged building once used as a disaster prevention center in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, is seen from a Kyodo News helicopter on Aug. 18, 2015. The town office has agreed to transfer the ownership of the symbolic ruins from the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster to the prefectural government until March 2031. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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