Seventy-eight junior high school students evacuated from Miyake Island last year due to volcanic eruptions marked the start of their second semester off the island Sunday at Akikawa High School in Akiruno, western Tokyo.
The opening ceremony Sunday took place a year after the island’s complete evacuation but also showed that very few want to continue on to Miyake High School, which is temporarily using facilities at Akikawa High.
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