Disaster-hit students receive letters from Afghanistan

Disaster-hit students receive letters from Afghanistan

IWAKI, Japan - Students smile at Yumoto High School in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, as they received 62 letters from high school students in Afghanistan on July 22, 2011. The letters encourage the Japanese students who were affected by the March quake and tsunami. (Kyodo)

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