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Anonymous gift of $250,000 in gold arrives in wrecked Japanese seaport ahead of tsunami anniversary
A Japanese city devastated by the 2011 tsunami has received anonymous gifts of gold worth more than $250,000 in a phenomenon dubbed a “goodwill gold rush” ahead of the second anniversary of the disaster. The president of the company which operates the port in the northeastern city of Ishinomaki last…
Japan’s tsunami refugees brace for harsh winter
ISHINOMAKI, Japan — As the mercury plunges in Japan’s disaster-hit northeast, thousands of people in temporary homes are digging in for what could be a long, hard and very cold winter. Snow and driving winds will add to the misery of tsunami survivors in a region where the temperature frequently…
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