A lack of good information in foreign languages about the nuclear plant crisis and food-rationing in shelters for evacuees is contributing to the anxiety felt by foreign survivors of last month's catastrophic earthquake and tsunami and their supporters.
A 40-year-old woman from the Philippines who evacuated from the city of Date, Fukushima Prefecture, recalled the fear and anxiety she felt amid reports of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant emergency.
"The nuclear power station exploded. I was really worried and scared. But I cannot catch what people say on TV," the woman said at a shelter in Tokyo. She fled from the city with her 12-year-old daughter.