Tsunami in Japan: 5 years on

Tsunami in Japan: 5 years on

Combined photos show the gymnasium of a junior high school in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture in northeastern Japan: on July 11, 2011 (top), serving as a shelter for people who lost their homes in massive tsunami four months earlier; and the same gymnasium on Jan. 10, 2016, when a coming-of-age ceremony was held for 19-year-olds and 20-year-olds who were junior high school students at the time of the disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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