Memorial service in Brazil for March 2011 Japan quake

Memorial service in Brazil for March 2011 Japan quake

SAO PAULO, Brazil - Saya Sasaki (2nd from R) and Sakura Takano (3rd from R), "high school student ambassadors for peace," attend a memorial service in Sao Paulo held by Japanese-Brazilians on March 9, 2013, ahead of the second anniversary of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster that devastated northeastern Japan and crippled the Fukushima nuclear complex. Sasaki and Takano are both survivors of the 2011 disaster.

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