Japan students thank Americans for return of boat lost in tsunami

Japan students thank Americans for return of boat lost in tsunami

CRESCENT CITY, United States - Students from Takata High School in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, pose aboard a crab-fishing vessel with fishermen and other people in Crescent City, California, on Jan. 8, 2015. The Japanese students visited the U.S. city to thank local people for sending back a school boat that was washed up there after the devastating 2011 earthquake and ensuing tsunami.

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