Japan turns in remembrance to the victims on the anniversary of the earthquake
Ishinomaki (Japan), 11 mar (EFE).-millions of people commemorated today in the northeast of Japan to the victims of the tsunami, a year ago, took over 19,000 lives in the area and left her facing a daunting reconstruction challenge. Ports, temples and auditoriums today hosted numerous events memorials and joined in a silent prayer to the 14.46 local time (05.46 GMT), the same in which the area was rocked last year by the earthquake, which triggered a powerful body of water which swept the coasts of the provinces of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima. Ishinomaki, the city with more dead and missing due to the tsunami (3.735), was the scene of the greatest of all acts of Miyagi in the Auditorium Big Bang, where some 2,500 focused people to pay tribute to the deceased. The event kicked off with the emotional performance by a choir of the city opposite the main stage, decorated with 9,000 carnations, before the eyes of many families that lost one of its members on March 11. The Mayor, Hiroshi Kameyama, delivered a speech in which he expressed his sorrow for the deceased, expressed appreciation for the support received from different parts of Japan and of the world and urged continuing the fight to rebuild the town. “From now on, with dreams and hope, we will build a new Ishinomaki, we will return to life and do...
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