Cat mascots popular in former "no-go" zone in Fukushima

Cat mascots popular in former "no-go" zone in Fukushima

Various cat mascots made by handicraft class students taught by Hisayo Imaizumi (L) are shown on May 1, 2015, in the Miyakoji district, a former "no-go zone" of Tamura, Fukushima Prefecture. Named "miyaako-chan" after the imagined way the district's name might be said by a Japanese cat, they are designed to animate residents in the northeastern Japan region hit by the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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