Editor’s note: This is the first installment of a five-part series in which Japanese from all walks of life recall their experiences and backgrounds in the context of the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami disaster of March 11, 2011. Each person recounts what they touched that day or on those that followed to offer a perspective on touching the lives of others.
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Yosuke Futomi uses underwater drones in his searches for remains and items of people missing since the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Shigetaka Kodama)
WATARI, Miyagi Prefecture Haunting memories of the death of his brother have pushed Yosuke Futomi to continue searching the seabed here to help tsunami survivors gain a sense of closure.
Futomi runs a marine sports facility in the town of Watari. But since 2016, he has volunteered to dive into the ocean for clues of those who disappeared in the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011.
Around 2,500 people remain unaccounted for, mainly in the Tohoku region, since the disaster, and the chances of finding their remains decrease every day.