Now Postponed, The Olympic Torch Relay Was To Bring Hope To Ravaged Fukushima
Takayuki Ueno looks out over an empty field along the coast in Fukushima, Japan, and points toward the ocean. "There used to be houses here, and trees," he says, and then points in another direction. "And over there, too." The wind whips across the open space. A small, new graveyard sits in an …
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