Court finds city negligent over schoolgirl's tsunami death

Court finds city negligent over schoolgirl's tsunami death

Photo taken in April 2011 shows the gymnasium of city-run Nobiru Elementary School in Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, just weeks after a devastating earthquake-tsunami disaster in northeastern Japan. The Sendai High Court on April 27, 2017 upheld a lower court ruling that ordered the city to pay 26.5 million yen ($238,000) in damages to the family of a schoolgirl killed by tsunami. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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