City reinstates award withdrawn due to bullied girl's suicide

Kuroishi Mayor Ken Takahi (C) and other officials of the northeastern Japan city apologize in a press conference in Kuroishi on Oct. 19, 2016, after the city buckled under public criticism and decided to hand back a cancelled photography award despite the subject of the winner's artwork being a girl who was bullied into committing suicide. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo