輪島市の中学で卒業式　３年生、集団避難から戻り出席―石川

　能登半島地震で大きな被害を受けた石川県輪島市の市立中学校で９日、卒業式が行われた。同市の中学生約２５０人は白山市に集団避難したが、式出席のため、３年生のみが８日、１カ月半ぶりに地元に戻っていた。
　門前中学校では、体育館が避難所となっているため、食堂で式を実施し、３年生１７人が参加した。卒業生代表の細川暖さん（１５）は「大きな地震で日常が一瞬にして『非日常』となったが、日本各地から支援で多くの方々が来てくれ、笑顔やぬくもりをいただいた」とあいさつした。
　卒業式は門前中のほか、輪島中と東陽中でも実施された。市教育委員会によると、３校の卒業生計１４７人全員が式に出席した。（2024/03/09-12:14）

Graduation ceremonies were held Saturday at three municipally run junior high schools in the central Japan city of Wajima, which was hit hard by the Jan. 1 major earthquake.
   After the 7.6-magnitude temblor, which also severely damaged other municipalities on the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture, about 250 junior high school students in Wajima evacuated to the city of Hakusan, also Ishikawa. Of them, third graders returned to Wajima on Friday to attend the graduation ceremonies.
   At Monzen junior high school, 17 third-grade students joined the ceremony, which took place at its cafeteria as its gymnasium is currently used as an evacuation shelter.
   Representing the students, Non Hosokawa, 15, said in a speech, "Although our daily lives suddenly turned into unusual days due to the huge earthquake, people from all over Japan came to support us, and we were helped by their smiles and kindness."
   A total of 147 third-grade students attended the ceremonies at the three schools, also including Wajima and Toyo junior high schools, according to the city's board of education.