'Cat island' seeks reconstruction from disaster

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - A woman plays with a cat near a fishing cooperative on Tashiro Island in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on June 26, 2011. The island, with less than 100 residents and about 100 cats, is seeking support from the public for its reconstruction efforts from the March quake and tsunami by making use of its name ''cat island.''

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