Miyagi pref. gov't opens website to show data on 2011 disaster

The Miyagi prefectural government opens the Great East Japan Earthquake Archive Miyagi website on June 15, 2015, to show some 317,000 items related to the 2011 disaster, including photos, videos and administrative documents. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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