Children evacuate Miyakejima

Children evacuate Miyakejima

TOKYO, Japan - Elementary school students on the island of Miyakejima, some 200 kilometers south of Tokyo, prepare to board a ship Aug. 29 to evacuate the island due to the eruption of Mt. Oyama earlier in the day. The children are among 135 elementary, junior high and high school students who left the island during the day.

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