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Suit over pupils' deaths in tsunami

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Photo shows Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on May 19, 2014. A hearing was held the same day at the Sendai District Court in the prefecture, after relatives of 23 pupils at the school who died in the earthquake and tsunami disaster of March 11, 2011, filed a damages suit in March. At the school, 74 of the 108 pupils died or remain unaccounted for, and 10 of the 13 teachers and school officials died in the disaster.

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1st anniversary of tsunami

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - People offer prayers at an alter on the premises of Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 11, 2012, the first anniversary of a devastating earthquake and tsunami. At the school, 74 of the 108 pupils and 10 of the 13 teachers died or went missing in the tsunami.

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1st anniversary of tsunami

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - People offer prayers at an alter on the premises of Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 11, 2012, the first anniversary of a devastating earthquake and tsunami. At the school, 74 of the 108 pupils and 10 of the 13 teachers died or went missing in the tsunami.

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Meeting on tsunami tragedy at school

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - A woman heads to an elementary school in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Jan. 22, 2012, to attend a meeting held by the local education board to explain the events of the March 2011 tsunami to parents of pupils at Okawa Elementary School, where 74 of the 108 students and 10 of the 13 teachers died or went missing.

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Mourning for children

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - About 100 relatives and others gather to pray for children lost in the March 11 tsunami at Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Iwate Prefecture, on April 13, 2011. About 70 percent of the 108 pupils at the school died or went missing in the disaster.

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Japan mourns on 1 month anniv.

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Police officers line up and offer silent prayers facing Okawa Elementary School (in the background) in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 11, 2011, a month after the area was devastated by a massive earthquake and tsunami. About 70 percent of the 108 pupils of the school were killed or remained unaccounted for.

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Japan mourns on 1 month anniv.

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - A woman who lost her child in tsunami watches members of the Self-Defense Forces search for victims on the second floor of Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 11, 2011, a month after the disaster. About 70 percent of the 108 pupils of the school were killed or remained unaccounted for.

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Mourning for children

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - About 100 relatives and others gather to pray for children lost in the March 11 tsunami at Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Iwate Prefecture, on April 13, 2011. About 70 percent of the 108 pupils at the school died or went missing in the disaster. (Kyodo)

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Japan mourns on 1 month anniv.

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Police officers line up and offer silent prayers facing Okawa Elementary School (in the background) in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 11, 2011, a month after the area was devastated by a massive earthquake and tsunami. About 70 percent of the 108 pupils of the school were killed or remained unaccounted for. (Kyodo)

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Japan mourns on 1 month anniv.

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - A woman who lost her child in tsunami watches members of the Self-Defense Forces search for victims on the second floor of Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 11, 2011, a month after the disaster. About 70 percent of the 108 pupils of the school were killed or remained unaccounted for. (Kyodo)

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A month after disaster

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - A man carries the belongings of his two deceased daughters found at Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Iwate Prefecture, on April 11, 2011. About 70 percent of the 108 pupils at the school died or went missing in the March 11 tsunami. (Kyodo)

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1st anniversary of tsunami

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - People offer prayers at an alter on the premises of Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 11, 2012, the first anniversary of a devastating earthquake and tsunami. At the school, 74 of the 108 pupils and 10 of the 13 teachers died or went missing in the tsunami. (Kyodo)

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1st anniversary of tsunami

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - People offer prayers at an alter on the premises of Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 11, 2012, the first anniversary of a devastating earthquake and tsunami. At the school, 74 of the 108 pupils and 10 of the 13 teachers died or went missing in the tsunami. (Kyodo)

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Meeting on tsunami tragedy at school

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - A woman heads to an elementary school in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Jan. 22, 2012, to attend a meeting held by the local education board to explain the events of the March 2011 tsunami to parents of pupils at Okawa Elementary School, where 74 of the 108 students and 10 of the 13 teachers died or went missing. (Kyodo)

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Christmas tree at tsunami-hit school

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - A man looks at a Christmas tree displayed at Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, in the evening of Dec. 10, 2011. The man lost his child as 70 of the 108 pupils of the school died and four went missing when the March tsunami hit the area. (Kyodo)