Tohoku students raise good-catch flags in Paris

Tohoku students raise good-catch flags in Paris

PARIS, France - Japanese high school students wave fishermen's flags signifying a big catch during the opening ceremony of an event in Paris on Aug. 30, 2014, to call attention to the recovery and attractiveness of Tohoku, Japan's northeastern region ravaged by the earthquake and tsunami of March 2011.

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