School and municipal government officials in Osaka Prefecture reaffirmed Tuesday their commitment to beefing up anti-earthquake measures one year on from a magnitude 6.1 quake that struck the area and killed six people, including a girl walking to school.
At Juei Elementary School in the city of Takatsuki, where 9-year-old Rina Miyake was crushed to death after a concrete wall at the school collapsed on her, Mayor Takeshi Hamada and staff of the city-run school placed flowers and offered silent prayers.
“I have renewed my determination to never let something like this happen again,” Mie Sato, the school’s principal, said.