Ruling on damages over school kids' deaths in tsunami

Ruling on damages over school kids' deaths in tsunami

People who lost their children in the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster head to the Sendai District Court on Oct. 26, 2016, to hear its ruling on their damages suit. Seventy-four students of Okawa elementary school in the northeastern Japan city of Ishinomaki died or remain unaccounted for, of whom the families of 23 sought compensation from local authorities. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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