Aussie rugby player recalls reconstruction help in quake-hit Japan

Aussie rugby player recalls reconstruction help in quake-hit Japan

Australian rugby union player Scott Fardy, playing for the country at the 2015 Rugby World Cup in England, speaks with Kyodo News in London on Oct. 5, 2015. While playing for the Kamaishi Seawaves rugby team in Kamaishi in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Iwate, he contributed to local reconstruction efforts after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that devastated the region. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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