Minamisanriku, Tsunami-Hit Town In Japan, Gets Easter Island Statue As Symbol For Recovery

A giant statue from Chile's Easter Island on Saturday found a new home in a small tsunami-devastated Japanese town where it will become a symbol for its recovery. The new statue, with coral eyes and a stone hat, was erected near the town's shopping area, where makeshift stores now operate after the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami destroyed almost the entire town. The three-metre (10-foot) Moai statue is a gift from Chile, which pledged to supply a new statue to the fishing community of Minami ...