Pain lingers on as tsunami-hit Rikuzentakata rises from ruins

“This is a small town, we knew them all. Women, children, old people. There were so many, we had two layers.”

He lost 100 friends and relatives.

I can not imagine the pain and mental stress these people must feel every day. :(

“Why did the government want the Olympics in 2020?”

NAIL. HEAD! This government is rotten.

Why did the government want the Olympics in 2020? I think they could easily have hosted them four years later.”

Official reason; "We want to show the resilience of Japan and it's hospitality"

Real Reason; "Damn them people in Tohoku for screwing up my legacy, bury them on the back pages and forget about them, only I matter" (Abe to his staff)

Ganbarre, Rikuzentakata !

Good for Mayor Toba, who lost his wife, but says: “At the same time, it is five years, so we shouldn’t just talk about gloomy things. We need to look forward and build a place where children can talk about their dreams.”

There's a man I'd like to meet.