Childhood diary found amid Japan devastation

By Mish Whalen

Two weeks after the massive earthquake and tsunami, the official death toll from the disaster stood at over 10,000, with over 16,000 people listed as missing.

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Yukiko Umehara (C) reacts after finding her cousin's childhood diary from amongst a tsunami devastated house at Tanohata village, Iwate prefecture on March 27, 2011.

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Takako Konno smiles after finding her cousin's childhood diary from amongst a tsunami devastated house at Tanohata village, Iwate prefecture on March 27, 2011.

 

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