Building opens to assist post-disaster recovery of northeast Japan

Mayor Jin Sato (2nd from R) of Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, and other people show off foodstuffs from the town and other places in the northeastern Japan region of Tohoku at a restaurant in Tokyo on Feb. 27, 2015. The Watasu Cafe restaurant is housed in a building formally opened by Mitsui Fudosan Co. on March 3 to contribute to the reconstruction of Tohoku devastated by the March 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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