School rebuilding in tsunami-hit northern Japan delayed

School rebuilding in tsunami-hit northern Japan delayed

MORIOKA, Japan - A site for building elementary and middle schools in a residential area in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, is shown in this file photo taken on Oct. 31, 2014. Reconstruction of public schools in the region's coastal area, devastated by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster, has been delayed due to rising prices of building materials and labor in short supply.

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