Residents of quake-hit town hold tour

Residents of quake-hit town hold tour

TOMIOKA, Japan - Tour participants visiting on July 21, 2014, Tomioka, a Fukushima prefectural town in northeastern Japan that was stricken by a devastating earthquake and tsunami in 2011, look at a police car that was driven by a police officer who was swept away by the tsunami and died while getting residents to evacuate. Yoshiyuki Endo (3rd from R), a town resident who has evacuated to Iwaki, gives a briefing to the participants.

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