Tsunami survivor grows pine seedlings in northeastern Japan

Tsunami survivor grows pine seedlings in northeastern Japan

Hisao Otsuki holds a black pine seedling in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, on Aug. 26, 2015. He is the leader of volunteers growing pine seedlings to be planted to create a bulwark forest along the city's coast, part of northeastern Japan devastated by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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