Event held to commemorate victims of 2011 disaster

Event held to commemorate victims of 2011 disaster

MINAMISOMA, Japan - People watch fireworks near the home of Takayuki Ueno in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Aug. 17, 2014. Ueno, who lost his parents and two children in the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that hit the northeastern Japan region of Tohoku, arranged the event to commemorate victims of the disaster.

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