Japan - Memorial service 20 years after volcanic eruption - mt. Unzen-Fugen

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Memorial service 20 years after volcanic eruption

A memorial service for victims of a volcanic eruption at Mount Unzen-Fugen in southwestern Japan has been held on the 20th anniversary of the disaster.......

Friday, June 03, 2011 15:37 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/03_23.html

Shimabara city marks 20th anniv. of Fugen Peak disaster

NAGASAKI (Kyodo) -- The city of Shimabara, Nagasaki Prefecture, commemorated Friday the 43 victims of a huge pyroclastic flow from Fugen Peak of Mt. Unzen on the 20th anniversary of the disaster......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/natio...dm015000c.html

Ceremony Marks 20th Anniversary of Volcanic Disaster in Japan

Shimabara, Nagasaki Pref., June 3 (Jiji Press)--A memorial ceremony was held in the southwestern Japan city of Shimabara, Nagasaki Prefecture, on Friday to remember 43 people who were killed or left missing 20 years ago by a large-scale pyroclastic flow from Mount Unzen's Fugendake peak.......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011060300574


jma http://www.seisvol.kishou.go.jp/fuku...04/504-eng.htm
mt unzen http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Unzen
Casualties by the 3 June 1991 pyroclastic flow at Unzen volcano https://qir.kyushu-u.ac.jp/dspace/handle/2324/13523
video & photo etc http://www.gsj.jp/GDB/openfile/files...69/indexJ.html
unzen http://www.unzen.org/e_ver/index.html

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Radio used by Mainichi driver killed in volcanic eruption to be given to family

A radio used by one of three Mainichi Newspapers employees killed in a massive 1991 volcanic eruption has been returned to the company, and will soon be in the hands of the man's family.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/natio...na006000c.html