THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
March 13, 2022 at 18:34 JST
Volunteer firefighter Noboru Sasaki talks on a radio inside a fire truck in Tanohata village in Iwate Prefecture on Feb. 20. Sasaki lost colleagues in the 3/11 disaster. (Akina Nishi)
Pools of volunteer firefighters are in short supply these days, notably in communities devastated by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster that claimed the lives of more than 200 such individuals. The high toll highlighted the hazardous nature of the work. [Read More]
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