Shirakawa, Miyagi
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Shirakawa（白河）is a town in Miyagi Prefecture
, Japan
. Shortly during or after the 2011 Sendai earthquake or tsunami The town had been hit with a devastating landslide that had crushed at least 10 homes. The current status of the town is it is undergoing emergency rescue and relief efforts.
Miyagi Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan in the Tōhoku Region on Honshu island. The capital is Sendai.- History :Miyagi Prefecture was formerly part of the province of Mutsu. Mutsu Province, on northern Honshu, was one of the last provinces to be formed as land was taken from the indigenous Emishi, and became the...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. Shortly during or after the 2011 Sendai earthquake or tsunami The town had been hit with a devastating landslide that had crushed at least 10 homes. The current status of the town is it is undergoing emergency rescue and relief efforts.