Japan deputy FM tours IDF clinic in battered village
Watch: Aid delegation helps residents of Minamisanriku; half of the village's 17,000 residents died in the disaster.
By JPOST.COM STAFFIDF in Japan 311(photo credit: IDF Spokesman)
Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Makiko Kikuta visited the IDF aid delegation's medical clinic in Minamisanriku, a village heavily hit by the tsunami.She toured the facility and met with delegation members led by Col. Dr. Ofir Cohen-Marom, who communicated via IDF translators.Half of Minamisanriku's 17,000 residents died in the tsunami. Even the mayor was injured and pleaded for help, which the IDF team provided.
