Memorial held on anniv. of fatal quake in northeastern Japan

KURIHARA, Japan - Employees of the city of Kurihara, Miyagi Prefecture, offer a silent prayer during a ceremony in the city on June 14 to commemorate the victims of a deadly earthquake which hit the area a year ago. They offered the prayer at 8:43 a.m., the time the temblor occurred.

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