Tsunami-hit Minamisanriku launches group to enhance ties

A staff member of the tourism board in Minamisanriku, a town in northeastern Japan's Miyagi Prefecture that was devastated by the March 2011 tsunami, shows on June 2, 2015, a flyer and a badge of an exchange promotion group it has launched for volunteers and others involved in its reconstruction to stay in touch with the town to boost its tourism. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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