Tuesday, 29 March 2011

No graduation at Japanese school after tsunami deaths

Of the 108 children enrolled at Okawa, 74 are dead or missing. Among the graduating class of 21 only five survived and only three of the school's 13 teachers are left.

No graduation at Japanese school after tsunami deaths: "ISHINOMAKI CITY, Japan (Reuters) - Teruyuki Kashiba, principal of Okawa elementary school in northeast Japan, should have been celebrating the end of the academic year on Tuesday with a closing ceremony and a graduation for departing sixth-grade students."