U.S. college students pray for American victim

U.S. college students pray for American victim

SENDAI, Japan - A group of students from Randolph-Macon College in Virginia visit the municipal Inai Junior High School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Jan. 17, 2014, after praying in the city for Taylor Anderson, a graduate of the college who was killed in the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami while working as an English teacher in Ishinomaki. A foundation set up in memory of Anderson has donated books to the junior high school.

U.S. college students pray for American victim

U.S. college students pray for American victim

SENDAI, Japan - A group of students from Randolph-Macon College in Virginia offer prayers for Taylor Anderson, a graduate of the college, in the area where her body was found in the wake of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Jan. 17, 2014. Anderson was killed in the disaster while working as an English teacher in Ishinomaki.

Father of U.S. teacher lost in March disaster

Father of U.S. teacher lost in March disaster

ASHLAND, United States - Andy Anderson delivers a speech in a seminar at Randolph-Macon College, his daughter Taylor's alma mater, in Ashland, Virginia, on March 11, 2012. The seminar was held to commemorate the younger Anderson, who had been teaching English and was killed in the 2011 March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Ishinomaki, Iwate Prefecture, and to promote Japan-U.S. exchanges.

Father of U.S. teacher lost in March disaster

Father of U.S. teacher lost in March disaster

ASHLAND, United States - Andy Anderson delivers a speech in a seminar at Randolph-Macon College, his daughter Taylor's alma mater, in Ashland, Virginia, on March 11, 2012. The seminar was held to commemorate the younger Anderson, who had been teaching English and was killed in the 2011 March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Ishinomaki, Iwate Prefecture, and to promote Japan-U.S. exchanges. (Kyodo)

Japan, U.S. students join exchange program honoring American tsunami victim

Japan, U.S. students join exchange program honoring American tsunami victim

Students from Randolph-Macon College in Ashland in the U.S. state of Virginia engage in a Japanese "taiko" drumming session with those from Ishinomaki Senshu University in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, during an exchange program on July 19, 2015. The program is supported by a fund established by the parents of Taylor Anderson, an American English-language teaching assistant who was killed in the 2011 tsunami in Ishinomaki. Anderson graduated from Randolph-Macon. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo