Minamisanriku mayor hopes to hear people's views on ruined bldg.

Mayor Jin Sato of Minamisanriku Town in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, says during an interview in the town on March 3, 2015, that he wants to hear the opinions of local residents on whether to keep the 2011 tsunami-engulfed steel frame of the public disaster prevention office building as a memorial to convey the importance of disaster prevention. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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