Tsunami-Ravaged Port Has Hope as Fishing Boat Returns From Sea
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As the tsunami tore through northeastern Japan on March 11, Tokio Takatsuka was helming his trawler to fishing grounds in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
A magnitude-9 quake, the largest recorded in Japan, had unleashed waves that scraped away parts of villages and towns where fishermen make their living. Unable to immediately reach contacts in ports where he sold tuna, Takatsuka and his crew of eight on the Hoyo Maru No. 18 continued to fishing grounds 2,500 kilometers (1,550 miles) southeast of Japan.