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Livelihood Destroyed By Tsunami, Threatened By Fear

Bare foundation blocks are all that's left of Mitsue Murakami's Big Ocean Hotel after the tsunami ravaged the Pacific coast of Japan. Murakami, who is also a seaweed farmer, says everything was lost, but "we're trying very hard to overcome this hardship." (NPR)
Bare foundation blocks are all that's left of Mitsue Murakami's Big Ocean Hotel after the tsunami ravaged the Pacific coast of Japan. Murakami, who is also a seaweed farmer, says everything was lost, but "we're trying very hard to overcome this hardship." (NPR)

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