SAITAMA — Governments in the Kanto region opened shelters Thursday for people who have evacuated from northern Japan.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government opened the Tokyo Budokan arena in Adachi Ward and Ajinomoto Stadium in Chofu for 1,600 evacuees. Officials also secured three places in central Tokyo where patients from the Tohoku region undergoing dialysis can stay.
The Saitama Prefectural Government opened the multipurpose Saitama Super Arena as a temporary shelter.