Mai was 12 when she died in one of the most harrowing stories to emerge from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami

Ten years after a tsunami killed more than 18,000 people on the north-east coast of Japan, Noriyuki Suzuki returned to the spot where his daughter was swept to her death.

Mai was 12 when she died in one of the most harrowing stories to emerge from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. She was at Okawa primary school on the day of what became known as the triple disaster. Instead of leading children up a nearby hill away from danger, teachers decided it was safe to stay.

Mai’s name is heard all the time in our house … when we remember what kind of person she was. She is always by our side