EditorialMasako Kobayashi, a novice monk, and her grandmother, Ayako, at their newly built home in Kesen, Japan, on Aug. 15, 2019, more than eight years after the earthqauke and tsunami that nearly destroyed the village in 2011. (Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times)
EditorialMasako Kobayashi, a novice monk, and her grandmother, Ayako, at their newly built home in Kesen, Japan, on Aug. 15, 2019, more than eight years after the earthqauke and tsunami that nearly destroyed the village in 2011. (Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times)