Official seal made out of tsunami-surviving lone pine tree

Official seal made out of tsunami-surviving lone pine tree

Craftsman Hirotaka Kabura carves out in Tokyo on Feb. 28, 2015, an official seal for the reconstruction minister using a branch of the lone pine tree that survived the 2011 tsunami in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture. The "miracle pine tree" was among some 7,000 of its kind that had dotted the northeastern Japan city's waterfront and is regarded as a symbol of recovery from the disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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