A memorial service was held Sunday in Hiroshima to commemorate the third anniversary of the landslides that claimed the lives of 77 people.
"I don't want anyone else to become a victim or a person feeling like us," said 77-year-old Takako Miyamoto, one of the speakers at the event. She lost her husband after torrential rain triggered landslides in residential areas close to mountains in the city early on Aug. 20, 2014.
"It is really painful and sad. Our lives were ruined after losing everything dear to us, homes destroyed," said Miyamoto, who was seriously injured in the landslide.