America’s Japanese Community Mobilizes After Quake

The Takeaway

The death toll continues to rise as Japan faces the damage caused by last week’s tsunami and enormous quake. The country’s nuclear crisis has also escalated, as officials confirm partial meltdowns at several nuclear reactors. Kaz Fujimoto has been living in New York for 12 years, where he works as a store clerk at the Japanese grocer Katagiri & Co. He shares his reaction as Japanese Americans look at the disaster.

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