Initiation ceremony in tsunami-hit area

Initiation ceremony in tsunami-hit area

OTSUCHI, Japan - A newly hired employee of the Otsuchi town office in Iwate Prefecture receives a letter of appointment during an initiation ceremony at a temporary town office building in the tsunami-hit town on April 2, 2012. An estimated 800,000 people newly joined companies and government offices across Japan the same day, the first weekday of the country's new fiscal year. (Kyodo)

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