Friday marks 11 years since the Great East Japan Earthquake, which left more than 22,000 people dead or missing. Let us pray together for the repose of the souls of the victims and renew our determination to pass on to future generations the lessons learned from the disaster.
Post-disaster construction of houses, roads and other infrastructure, which cost more than 30 trillion yen, is almost complete in the tsunami-hit areas.
At the end of last year, the 359-kilometer Sanriku Engan Road, a coastal route that connects Sendai and Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, opened in its entirety. The road is expected to serve as a main artery through which products from the local fisheries of the Sanriku region are distributed nationwide.
