Shaved for the first time in 10days: I feel so much better!

Mr. Kiyonobu Sato =Rikuzentakata City, Iwate Pref. 


























Mr. Kiyonobu Sato (41) shaved his beard after 10 days. “Boy! I feel so much better now. If I don’t shave, my beard gets really shaggy, and I look awful. I really appreciate the electric shaver that I received as a relief good. (Picture taken by Mr. Kazutaka Eguchi)


Daily Sports Newspaper, "Photo Gallery," April 9, 2011
http://photos.nikkansports.com/general/genki/archives/20110409_14545.html

Translated by Makiko Tajima Asano

Blind father searches for missing son (by Asahi Shimbun)

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201104100087.html


Yasuhiro Naganuma at work on April 4 (Hiroki Ito)


Chihiro Naganuma, photographed in September 2010 in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture (Provided by Reina Niinuma)

Month marked since twin disasters struck--Nation takes moment to mourn; trauma rages on (by Japan Times)

http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20110412a1.html

Despite gov't calls for restraint, disaster-area breweries encourage cherry-blossom parties (by Mainichi Shimbun)

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20110411p2a00m0na010000c.html

People walk under the trees of cherry blossoms at Ueno park in Tokyo, Thursday, April 7, 2011. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Japanese Workers Braved Radiation for a Temp Job (by NYT)

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/10/world/asia/10workers.html?src=recg

Current and former workers at the Fukushima Daiichi plant, above, describe hazardous conditions and lax safety practices.

City, Destroyed and Yet Hopeful, Begins to Move On (by NYT)

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/11/world/asia/11grief.html?ref=asia

Naomi Matsuura, left, and Shizuko Hoshi combed debris last week in Minamisoma, Japan, where Ms. Matsurra's home was before the tsunami washed it away on March 11.

Strong Aftershock as Japan Urges More Evacuations (by NYT)

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/12/world/asia/12japan.html?_r=1&hp

Cars destroyed in Iwate Prefecture by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. A search went on for bodies in Iwate on Sunday.