Japan earthquake and tsunami anniversary: a whole year wasted since tsunami disaster, says Japan Red Cross - Telegraph

08 Mar 2012 As the first anniversary of the March 11 approaches this weekend, the Japanese sector of the Red Cross criticised the government’s failure to agree with local authorities on a suitable master plan for reconstruction.The bureaucratic delays and failure to produce a “master plan” were deepening the mental suffering among victims in areas worst affected by the disaster, according to Tadateru Konoe, the president of Japanese Red Cross.