Japan
Like everyone else I look on in horror at the pictures of Japan. The tragedy and the pain. The suffering people have been brought to their knees in a scene horrifically similar to the destruction of Nagasaki and Hiroshima. Miles and miles of rubble is punctuated by fragments of still existing standing structures. They rise from the debris defying the destruction around them yet isolated and alone. With each day it seems like the horrors grow, thousands of bodies washing up on the shore line, lives shattered seemingly beyond repair. As if to add a punctuation mark on the horrific scene we learn of nuclear plants melting down. It has been 66 years since the atomic bombs dropped yet once again the nuclear nightmare has returned. It is always hard to know how to respond to suffering when you are an ocean away. I sent some money to the Japanese Red Cross but it seems like a hallow gesture when they need so much more. Shinichi Izumi Over the years I have had a number of Japane