Damages ordered over tsunami deaths of elementary school students

Damages ordered over tsunami deaths of elementary school students

People offer prayers on Oct. 26, 2016 in front of damaged Okawa Elementary School in the city of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, where 74 students and 10 teachers were killed by a tsunami following a major earthquake in northeastern Japan in 2011. The Sendai District Court ordered the city and prefecture on Oct. 26 to pay roughly 1.4 billion yen ($13.4 million) in damages to 23 families that filed suit against them, judging the city-run school failed to evacuate the children appropriately. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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