Prefecture given ownership of ruins symbolic of 2011 tsunami

Prefecture given ownership of ruins symbolic of 2011 tsunami

Local officials bow in a ceremony in front of the steel frame of Minamisanriku town's disaster prevention office building, devastated by the 2011 tsunami, in the northeastern Japanese prefecture of Miyagi on Dec. 22, 2015. The town, which previously decided to dismantle the frame, transferred ownership of it to the prefecture until March 10, 2031, 20 years after the disaster, during which time the town will study whether to preserve or disassemble the frame. People who lost loved ones there have sought the frame's destruction while others have argued for its preservation as a symbol of the disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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