Japan Day celebrated at Milan expo with Tohoku festival

A family take photos in front of colorful streamers from the Tanabata Festival in Sendai, northeastern Japan, adorning the Japan Pavilion at Expo Milano on July 11, 2015, designated Japan Day at the international fair in Milan, Italy. The Tohoku region in northeastern Japan was devastated by the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters in 2011. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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