Stay updated with breaking news from Hiroshi endo. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
Japanese local gov'ts throw away leftover COVID vaccines after appointments canceled mainichi.jp - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from mainichi.jp Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
How one man's determination to resurrect a "miracle piano" helped heal Japan's tsunami scars By Lucy Craft Fukushima, nine years after devastation Iwaki, Fukushima, Japan — Graduation day dawned sunny and beautiful at Toyoma Junior High, and the 47 members of the senior class were in a buoyant mood. Just being at Toyoma Junior High was a day at the beach: The school overlooked Usuiso, one of Japan's most popular strips of seashore, and the giddy mood was captured in a scrawled blackboard message: "Thanks for the last three years! It's been fun!" In the gym, as teachers, families and classmates looked on, the students in their navy-colored uniforms sang the school song for the last time, accompanied, as always, by Toyoma's fine grand piano.