THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
January 15, 2024 at 13:48 JST
Medical workers from the Japanese Red Cross Society interview evacuees on Jan. 12 at a shelter in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture. (Tetsuaki Otaki)
Two weeks after the powerful New Year’s Day quake rocked the Noto Peninsula, about 19,000 people are still taking refuge at school gymnasiums, community centers and other makeshift evacuation shelters. [Read More]
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