Feb. 19, 2021: Takayuki Tamura, left, and his wife, Hiromi, talk about the importance of staying safe in a natural disaster as they address students of the Iwadeyama Junior High School in Osaki, Miyagi Prefecture. An image of a memorial monument in Onagawa, also in the prefecture, can be seen in the background. (Takaharu Yagi)
Editor’s note: This is the last of a four-part series retracing the lives of four families over the decade following the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, mainly through photos that depict a range of human emotions as bereaved family members and other survivors tried to comfort each other and rebuild their lives.
Hyogo: Mask-wearing spurs pair of fights at convenience stores
By Tokyo Reporter Staff on January 31, 2021
HYOGO (TR) – Two fights broke out over mask-wearing at convenience stores in two separate cities in the prefecture on Saturday, police have revealed.
At around 7:50 p.m., a female customer inside a convenience store in Nagata Ward, Kobe City punched the manager after he told her, “Please wear a mask.”
According to Fuji News Network (Jan. 31), the woman, believed to be in her 50s, was intoxicated at the time. After the incident, a staff member pressed an emergency button to alert police.
The second incident took place in Amagasaki City, also at around 7:50 p.m. Prior to that incident, two men, aged 57 and 59, were lined up in front of a register at another convenience store.