Japan Struggles to Reopen Schools

DAISUKE WAKABAYASHI And MIHO INADA:

The gymnasium of fifth-grader Ryodai Kinno's school in Rikuzentakata, Japan, is packed with evacuees and its parking lot is full of aid vehicles. But authorities are determined to reopen his school and others across northeast Japan that have been closed since March 11, to help the youngest victims get over the trauma of the disaster.

Ryodai says he still gets frightened by the aftershocks and sometimes finds his legs shaking uncontrollably. "I'm not really sure the reason why," he says.

On the day of the tsunami, Ryodai watched as his home was swallowed up by the rushing waters after fleeing to higher ground.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at April 10, 2011 2:01 AM
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