By SHINNOSUKE ITO/ Staff Writer
January 18, 2024 at 15:55 JST
Toshiko Sakashita, middle, waits for a Self-Defense Forces’ helicopter inside a farm equipment shed in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Jan. 17. She and her neighbors were isolated for two weeks following the New Year’s Day earthquake. (Shinnosuke Ito)
WAJIMA, Ishikawa Prefecture—Forty residents who were stranded in the rural Nishiho district after the Jan. 1 earthquake were flown to safety by Self-Defense Forces’ helicopters on Jan. 17. [Read More]
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