Rikuzentakata Mayor Futoshi Toba

Rikuzentakata Mayor Futoshi Toba

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Rikuzentakata Mayor Futoshi Toba, whose wife Kumi remains missing, assists disaster victims in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture on March 14, 2011, three days after Japan's strongest recorded earthquake hit the country. (Kyodo)

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