3.11’s Legacy of Loneliness | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News
Life in the town of Namie was good for Ambe Hiroshi. He had retired from his job as a postal worker, and was making best use of Fukushima Prefecture’s verdant golf courses. Things couldn’t be any more different now. Ten years after the March 11 triple disaster tore his community apart, the 85-year-old stares from the window of a cramped Tokyo apartment to fend off the loneliness.
Life in the town of Namie was good for Ambe Hiroshi. He had retired from his job as a postal worker, and was making best use of Fukushima Prefecture’s verdant golf courses. Things couldn’t be any more different now. Ten years after the March 11 triple disaster tore his community apart, the 85-year-old stares from the window of a cramped Tokyo apartment to fend off the loneliness.