Unclaimed school backpacks pulled from tsunami debris incinerated

Unclaimed school backpacks pulled from tsunami debris incinerated

Authorities in the northeastern Japanese city of Natori begin to incinerate about 3,000 backpacks and other school pupils' belongings washed ashore in the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami on Feb. 4, 2016, after their owners could not be found. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

  • Product Code
  • ILEA000083178
  • Registered date
  • 2016/2/04 16:11:33
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • Media size
  • 3651 × 2373 pixel
  • Resolution
  • 240 dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 1.31(MB)*
  • Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos
    Ruling blaming local gov'ts over school kids' death in tsunami upheld

    Ruling blaming local gov'ts over school kids' death in tsunami upheld

    Families of children killed in the 2011 tsunami walk to the Sendai High Court in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on April 26, 2018. The court ordered local authorities to pay about 1.4 billion in damages, acknowledging their failure to take appropriate disaster preventive measures. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
      Ruling blaming local gov'ts over school kids' death in tsunami upheld

      Ruling blaming local gov'ts over school kids' death in tsunami upheld

      Families of children killed in the 2011 tsunami walk to the Sendai High Court in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on April 26, 2018. The court ordered local authorities to pay about 1.4 billion in damages, acknowledging their failure to take appropriate disaster preventive measures. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
        Ruling blaming local gov'ts over school kids' death in tsunami upheld

        Ruling blaming local gov'ts over school kids' death in tsunami upheld

        People pray at the former site of Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 26, 2018, for 74 elementary school students and 10 teachers and officials who were killed by tsunami following the March 2011 earthquake in northeastern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
          Japan commemorates 2011 quake victims

          Japan commemorates 2011 quake victims

          People watch fireworks light up the sky in Iwaki, northeastern Japan, on March 11, 2018, to commemorate the seventh anniversary of the 2011 earthquake. The earthquake and tsunami left more than 18,000 people dead or missing. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
            Japan commemorates 2011 quake victims

            Japan commemorates 2011 quake victims

            Buddhist priests play shakuhachi in Iwaki, northeastern Japan, on March 11, 2018, to commemorate the seventh anniversary of the 2011 earthquake. The earthquake and tsunami left more than 18,000 people dead or missing. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
              Japan commemorates 2011 quake victims

              Japan commemorates 2011 quake victims

              Buddhist priests play shakuhachi in Iwaki, northeastern Japan, on March 11, 2018, to commemorate the seventh anniversary of the 2011 earthquake. The earthquake and tsunami left more than 18,000 people dead or missing. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
                Japan commemorates 2011 quake victims

                Japan commemorates 2011 quake victims

                Buddhist priests play shakuhachi in Iwaki, northeastern Japan, on March 11, 2018, to commemorate the seventh anniversary of the 2011 earthquake. The earthquake and tsunami left more than 18,000 people dead or missing. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
                  Japan quake-tsunami anniversary

                  Japan quake-tsunami anniversary

                  A child looks at an arrangement of lights in Fukushima Prefecture's Iwaki on March 11, 2018, commemorating the seventh anniversary of the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters in Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
                    Japan commemorates 2011 quake victims

                    Japan commemorates 2011 quake victims

                    Pedestrians offer a silent prayer in Tokyo's Ginza district on March 11, 2018, the seventh anniversary of the mega earthquake and tsunami which left more than 18,000 people dead or missing. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
                      Japan commemorates 2011 quake victims

                      Japan commemorates 2011 quake victims

                      A woman prays in Kesennuma, northeastern Japan, on March 11, 2018, the seventh anniversary of the mega earthquake and tsunami which left more than 18,000 people dead or missing. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo