Tsunami-driven ships to be dismantled

Tsunami-driven ships to be dismantled

NAMIE, Japan - Photo taken on Nov. 21, 2014, shows a ship which has been unattended in the northeastern Japan town of Namie since washing up in the March 2011 tsunami disaster. The Environment Ministry has started dismantling 70 such ships in the nearby coastal areas to complete the works by the end of next March.

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