Lawsuit over kids' death in tsunami in northeastern Japan

Hiroyuki Konno, who represents plaintiffs in a damages lawsuit filed by families of school children killed in the March 2011 tsunami in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, speaks at a press conference in the northeastern Japan city, on May 7, 2018. Konno was responding to the city's decision to appeal to the Supreme Court a high court ruling that acknowledged local authorities' responsibility in the deaths of the children. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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