Japanese Emperor Visits Evacuation Center
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The Emperor and Empress of Japan have been visiting families at a temporary evacuation shelter in Tokyo. Here's more.
Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko visit families sheltering at an evacuation centre in Tokyo on Wednesday.Kneeling to talk to earthquake, tsunami and nuclear evacuees housed within small partitions in a sports venue, the Emperor and Empress slowly made their way around the temporary shelter.
The Emperor previously made an unprecedented television address to his nation, following the country's devastating earthquake and tsunami.
Many at the center said the Emperor's visit gave them courage to move forward.
[Evacuee]: "I have seen this kind of scene on TV several times but hearing the Emperor was coming and seeing him here, I feel grateful and it has given me strength."
With entire towns on the northeast coast reduced to wastelands of mud and debris, more than 175,000 people are currently living in shelters.
Nearly 28 thousand people are believed to be dead or missing.
Estimates of the damage bill now top $300 billion.
Emperor Akihito, who ascended the throne in 1989, has striven to draw the image of an Imperial family that's closer to the people.
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The Emperor and Empress of Japan have been visiting families at a temporary evacuation shelter in Tokyo. Here's more.
Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko visit families sheltering at an evacuation centre in Tokyo on Wednesday.Kneeling to talk to earthquake, tsunami and nuclear evacuees housed within small partitions in a sports venue, the Emperor and Empress slowly made their way around the temporary shelter.
The Emperor previously made an unprecedented television address to his nation, following the country's devastating earthquake and tsunami.
Many at the center said the Emperor's visit gave them courage to move forward.
[Evacuee]: "I have seen this kind of scene on TV several times but hearing the Emperor was coming and seeing him here, I feel grateful and it has given me strength."
With entire towns on the northeast coast reduced to wastelands of mud and debris, more than 175,000 people are currently living in shelters.
Nearly 28 thousand people are believed to be dead or missing.
Estimates of the damage bill now top $300 billion.
Emperor Akihito, who ascended the throne in 1989, has striven to draw the image of an Imperial family that's closer to the people.