THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
January 2, 2024 at 19:23 JST
Yasuhiro Kano, a resident of Suzu, Ishikawa Prefecture, walks around leaning utility poles and collapsed houses. After picking up some belongings from his destroyed home, he headed to a shelter on Jan. 2. (Nobuhiro Shirai)
SUZU, Ishikawa Prefecture—A 69-year-old woman stood in front of her quake-damaged wooden house in Suzu and stared down the road, waiting for rescue workers to return. [Read More]
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