Indian Ocean Tsunami November 6th, 4:28 am
On the 5th of the World Tsunami Day established by the United Nations, a memorial festival for Japanese victims of the Indian Ocean Tsunami 15 years ago was held in Phuket, Thailand. Bereaved families and locals became sanctuaries. He handed over the flowers and mourned the death of the victim.
In the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, over 220,000 people were killed or missing. Of these, 28 Japanese who had been visiting in Thailand died and one was missing.
A memorial festival was held on the beach in Phuket in southern Thailand, which was damaged greatly by the tsunami, and about 100 people, including Japanese bereaved families and locals who died in the tsunami, attended. Sorry for the death of the victim.
This is the last word of this memorial festival because the bereaved family has been aging for 15 years since the tsunami.
Mr. Yoshimi Kojima of Fukuoka Prefecture, who lost his younger brother in the tsunami, said, “I was sorry that my father died and my mother couldn't feel sick, but I would like to continue offering in Japan.”
In addition, Keiko Nishiwaki from Chiba Prefecture, who lost her sister, said, “Since 15 years have passed, sorrow doesn't go away.