
National / Social Issues Sep 17, 2015
Foreign Joso flood victims hit out at city's monolingual response
by Tomohiro Osaki and Tomoko Otake
One week after an unprecedented flood overwhelmed the city of Joso in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japanese-Brazilian resident David Kiyoshi Shibata believes it's a miracle he's still alive. Despite being 185 cm tall, Shibata says he found himself completely engulfed by the deluge and had to fight ...