Japan, Taiwan students share disaster experiences through music

High school students from the Taiwanese city of Kaosiung (L), dressed in traditional ethnic costume, and students of Otsuchi High School in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, take part in an event at the Japanese school on June 29, 2015, to share through music their experiences in having survived massive natural disasters. Kaosiung suffered from massive typhoon-caused floods in 2009 while Iwate was devastated by earthquake-triggered tsunami in 2011. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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