Last month Google began to take interior photos of buildings in the Tohoku region that are scheduled to be demolished after suffering damage in last year's disaster.

Google started in Kamaishi in Iwate Prefecture on November 13. They will take 360-degree photos of 32 places across Iwate and Fukushima Prefectures and publish them on Google Maps from December.


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