Miyagi student thanks for "Operation Tomodachi"

Miyagi student thanks for "Operation Tomodachi"

PASADENA, United Sates - A high school student from Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, shakes hands with a U.S. Navy vice admiral, who participated in the "Operation Tomodachi" relief effort, in Pasadena, California, on Dec. 31, 2014. The U.S. armed forces conducted the operation following the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami that devastated Miyagi and other prefectures in the northeastern Japan region of Tohoku.

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