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3 Juin 2014
May 31, 2014
Trees planted on enbankment made of tsunami debris
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20140601_04.html
About 7,000 people from across Japan have planted seedlings on an embankment made of debris from the March 2011 tsunami.
The participants planted about 70,000 seedlings along a 10-meter-high embankment in the northeastern city of Iwanuma on Saturday.
The seedlings comprise 16 kinds of broad-leaved trees, including oak, and span a distance of 1.5 kilometers.
A 25-year-old man from Sendai City said he hopes they will come to serve as a symbol of reconstruction in Miyagi Prefecture.
Yokohama National University Professor Emeritus Akira Miyawaki, who proposed the project, says the fully grown trees will break the force of a tsunami and protect people on the coastline.
Similar projects are underway in other areas ravaged by the tsunami, including Otsuchi Town in Iwate Prefecture and Minamisoma City in Fukushima Prefecture.
May. 31, 2014 - Updated 22:06 UTC
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