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  • View of a docked fishing boat in a pier in Togura, Miyagi prefecture. Since the 2011's tsunami that struck over the coastal areas of Japan, the fishing community of Togura, devastated by the natural disaster, formed a cooperative where all the families work together using the only two remaining boats in the whole village.
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  • A fisherman collects a box full of fish from the waters beside a pier in Togura, Miyagi prefecture. Since the 2011's tsunami that struck over the coastal areas of Japan, the fishing community of Togura, devastated by the natural disaster, formed a cooperative where all the families work together using the only two remaining boats in the whole village.
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  • Grandmother Abe, a resident of Togura who become a widower when her husband died during the devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit the east coast of Japan in 2011, washes dishes at the family's prefabricated house in a neighbourhood used as temporary shelter for families who lost their homes during the disaster. On the third anniversary of the disaster, nearly 270,000 remain displaced.
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  • A displaced woman walks by prefabricated houses in Togura, used as temporary shelter for families who lost their homes during the devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit the east coast of Japan in 2011. On the third anniversary of the disaster, nearly 270,000 remain displaced.
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  • Displaced women work in a newly created arts and crafts business, run by a cooperative of residents in Togura village. The workshop is situated among prefabricated houses used as temporary shelter for families who lost their homes during the devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit the east coast of Japan in 2011. On the third anniversary of the disaster, nearly 270,000 remain displaced.
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  • View of prefabricated houses used as temporary shelter for families who lost their homes during the devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit Togura, a fishing village in the east coast of Japan, in 2011. On the third anniversary of the disaster, nearly 270,000 remain displaced.
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  • Damaged structure of the former tsunami alert centre in Minamisanriku, one of the few remaining buildings standing after the 2011 tsunami that destroyed 95 per cent of the town and many other locations in northeast Japan. Only the tallest buildings remained and roughly half the population was unaccounted for during the days following the disaster. Around 10 thousand people only were confirmed alive and evacuated in the first week. However, in late June 2011, a total of 1206 were counted as dead or missing.
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  • Tokuji Abe, a fisherman from Togura, pilots a fishing vessel during an early morning trip to recover nets at sea near the small village of Minami Sanriku in Miyagi prefecture. Mr. Abe, who lost his house and had his father killed during the tsunami that stroke the northeastern coast of Japan in 2011, owned a boat and worked independently before the tsunami. Due to a shortage of fishing boats in the small fishing community, Mr. Abe donated his boat to a local cooperative where the few remaining boats spared by the tsunami are shared by all.
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  • Grandmother Abe, a Togura resident who become a widower when her husband died during the 2011s tsunami that struck over the coastal areas of Japan, prays at the shrine in memory of her husband in the family's pre-fabricated house.
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  • General view of Ishinomaki bay, an area badly affected by the 2011 tsunami in eastern Japan.
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  • A group of fishermen from Togura, recover nets at sea near the small village of Minami Sanriku in Miyagi prefecture. Togura, a small fishing village in Minami Sanriku, was vastly destroyed by the 2011 tsunami that hit the northeast coast of Japan. Thousands died and hundreds of families lost their houses, business and boats. The recovering community works now in a cooperative system where the few remaining boats spared by the tsunami are shared by all.
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  • A survivor from the devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit the east coast of Japan in 2011, recounts the moment he saw his neighbours been dragged to see by the waves in Togura.
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  • In Matsushima, posters with images of destruction can be seen on display in the doors of a shop closed down due to the damaged cause by the 2011's tsunami that struck Japan's coastal line, causing thousands of deaths.
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  • A survivor from the devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit the east coast of Japan in 2011, reacts as he recounts the moment he saw his neighbours been dragged to see by the waves in Togura.
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  • Local fishermen in Togura, arrive at the local port after collecting ropes used to grow sea weed. Togura, a small fishing village in Minami Sanriku, was vastly destroyed by the 2011 tsunami that hit the northeast coast of Japan. Thousands died and hundreds of families lost their houses, business and boats. The recovering community works now in a cooperative system where the few remaining boats spared by the tsunami are shared by all.
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  • A group of fishermen from Togura, recover nets at sea near the small village of Minami Sanriku in Miyagi prefecture. Togura, a small fishing village in Minami Sanriku, was vastly destroyed by the 2011 tsunami that hit the northeast coast of Japan. Thousands died and hundreds of families lost their houses, business and boats. The recovering community works now in a cooperative system where the few remaining boats spared by the tsunami are shared by all.
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  • Locals prepare fishing nets in a workshop owned by Togura's fishing community. Togura, a small fishing village in Minami Sanriku, was vastly destroyed by the 2011 tsunami that hit the northeast coast of Japan. Thousands died and hundreds of families lost their houses, business and boats. The recovering community works now in a cooperative system where the few remaining boats spared by the tsunami are shared by all.
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  • A group of fishermen from Togura, recover nets at sea near the small village of Minami Sanriku in Miyagi prefecture. Togura, a small fishing village in Minami Sanriku, was vastly destroyed by the 2011 tsunami that hit the northeast coast of Japan. Thousands died and hundreds of families lost their houses, business and boats. The recovering community works now in a cooperative system where the few remaining boats, spared by the devastating tsunami, are shared by all.
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  • A tourist takes photographs of a large vessel grounded amid a flattened residential neighbourhood in Kesennuma. The vessel was washed from the port during the 2011 tsunami that struck over the coastal areas of Japan.
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  • Newly planted flowers grow in a destroyed residential neighbourhood of Kesennuma. In the background, a large vessel, washed away by the 2011 tsunami that struck over the coastal areas of Japan, remains grounded amid the flattened area.
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  • A family attend a religious ceremony, at local cemetery in Ishinomaki, in memory of a relative who lost his life during the  devastating tsunami that hit the east coast of Japan in 2011.
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  • Debris left behind by the devastating tsunami, that hit the east coast of Japan in 2011, can be seen inside a destroyed classroom of Ishinomaki Okawa Elementary School. The school, which lost 70 of 108 students and nine of 13 teachers and staff, was one of the worst affected by the Tohoku earthquake.
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  • Fishermen of Togura at a storage shed in the local port after collecting ropes used to grow sea weed. Togura, a small fishing village in Minami Sanriku, was vastly destroyed by the 2011 tsunami that hit the northeast coast of Japan. Thousands died and hundreds of families lost their houses, business and boats. The recovering community works now in a cooperative system where the few remaining boats spared by the tsunami are shared by all.
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  • Local fishermen from Togura, use a forklift to transport away ropes used to grow sea weed. Togura, a small fishing village in Minami Sanriku, was vastly destroyed by the 2011 tsunami that hit the northeast coast of Japan. Thousands died and hundreds of families lost their houses, business and boats. The recovering community works now in a cooperative system where the few remaining boats spared by the tsunami are shared by all.
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  • May 29, 2013 - Togura, Japan: View of a docked fishing boat in a pier in Togura, Miyagi prefecture. Since the 2011's tsunami that struck over the coastal areas of Japan, the fishing community of Togura, devastated by the natural disaster, formed a cooperative where all the families work together using the only two remaining boats in the whole village. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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  • May 29, 2013 - Togura, Japan: A fisherman collects a fish box from the waters beside a pier in Togura, Miyagi prefecture. Since the 2011's tsunami that struck over the coastal areas of Japan, the fishing community of Togura, devastated by the natural disaster, formed a cooperative where all the families work together using the only two remaining boats in the whole village. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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Paulo Nunes dos Santos

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