Harvard Univ. anthropologist to publish thesis on 2011 tsunami

Harvard Univ. anthropologist to publish thesis on 2011 tsunami

Andrew Littlejohn from Britain, an anthropologist at Harvard University, speaks in an interview in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on Aug. 9, 2015. He will shortly return to the U.S. university after a yearlong stay in the northeastern Japanese town ravaged by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, and plans to publish a thesis in both English and Japanese on possible ways to revive the area. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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