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His 7yo daughter went missing after the 2011 tsunami. So Norio spent years digging through rubble to find her
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Mr Kimura s daughter Yuna was staying with her grandfather when the tsunami struck.
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Long after rescue teams gave up searching for survivors from the March 2011 tsunami, farmer Norio Kimura continued to painstakingly dig for his seven-year-old daughter, Yuna.
On this day 10 years ago he lost his father, wife and youngest daughter as a massive wave engulfed Japan s north-eastern Tohoku region and plunged it under water.
But he still wonders what if . Local volunteer firemen came to search here on March 12, the day after the disaster, Mr Kimura tells me along the coast near to his home and where his father s body was found.
The U.S. military s disaster relief mission following the massive earthquake-tsunami in Japan 10 years ago proved the value of the bilateral alliance and left a legacy of deep friendship, a then Navy commander involved in the operation said in a recent interview.