Tsunami rescue mission connects Japan, S. Africa

Ian Scher, CEO of Rescue South Africa, speaks in an interview on July 13, 2015, in Johannesburg, recounting his NGO's relief mission in the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami that hit northeastern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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