Japanese Government Mounts Massive Relief Effort

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March 15, 2011

A baby survivor is fed milk by a member of Japanese RC's National Disaster Response Team at the Ishinomaki Red Cross Hospital in Ishinomaki in Miyagi Prefecture. (AP/Japanese Red Cross)

More than 500,000 people are living in temporary shelters in Japan according to the American Red Cross. The Japanese government says around 2 million people don't have power, and more than a million are without water and they've deployed more than 100,000 troops to lead an effort. We speak with Casey Calamus, an aid worker for World Vision, who is in Tokyo.

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Contact the U.S. Department of State Office of Overseas Citizens Services for questions about U.S. citizens in Japan: 1-888-407-4747 or 202 647-5225

This segment aired on March 15, 2011.