Tsunami-hit school building to reopen as memorial in April

A public elementary school building in northeastern Japan where more than 80 pupils and teachers lost their lives in the 2011 tsunami is scheduled to open possibly in April as a memorial to those impacted by the disaster.Okawa Elementary School in Miyagi Prefecture, located about 4 kilometers from the coast, will have an area where visitors can pray for the victims as well as exhibits to remember the calamity that beset the area on March 11, 2011.The city government of Ishinomaki decided in March 2016 to preserve the school. But opinions are divided among residents, with some bereaved famil…READ FULL ARTICLE