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20th anniversary of cave-in at western Japan beach

Fusaho Izumi, mayor of Akashi, western Japan, lays a bouquet of flowers at the scene of a cave-in at a beach in the city in Hyogo Prefecture on Dec. 30, 2021, where a 4-year-old girl was buried alive 20 years ago. She later died of hypoxic-ischemic brain damage in May 2002 at age 5.

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20th anniversary of cave-in at western Japan beach

Fusaho Izumi (3rd from L), mayor of Akashi, western Japan, prays at the scene of a cave-in at a beach in the city in Hyogo Prefecture on Dec. 30, 2021, where a 4-year-old girl was buried alive 20 years ago. She later died of hypoxic-ischemic brain damage in May 2002 at age 5.

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20th anniversary of cave-in at western Japan beach

Fusaho Izumi, mayor of Akashi, western Japan, prays at the scene of a cave-in at a beach in the city in Hyogo Prefecture on Dec. 30, 2021, where a 4-year-old girl was buried alive 20 years ago. She later died of hypoxic-ischemic brain damage in May 2002 at age 5.

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Akashi Mayor under fire for derogatory remarks

Undated photo shows Fusaho Izumi, mayor of Akashi city in the western Japanese prefecture of Hyogo. Izumi has been criticized for calling a subordinate "stupid" and telling the official to "burn down" a local building that stood in the way of a new road construction project. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo