Hope Fading for Fukushima Refugees (Video)

via RT.com / Dcember 11, 2013 / Over two years after an earthquake and tsunami devastated areas in and around the Japanese city of Fukushima, many residents have been left to live in impromptu residential camps with no hope of returning to their previous ways of life. The March 2011 tsunami forced hundreds of thousands in the Fukushima area to flee at a moment’s notice. RT’s Aleksey Yaroshevsky reports that … Continue reading

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215,000 hit by disaster still live away from home

via NHK World / Sep 11, 2013 / More than 215,000 people are still living away from home in 3 Japanese prefectures 2-and-a-half years after the March 11 disaster. On this day 30 months ago, a massive earthquake and tsunami devastated northeastern Japan. The National Police Agency says 15,883 people are confirmed to have died in the disaster and 2,654 remain unaccounted for. The Reconstruction Agency says 2,688 people fell … Continue reading

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