Disabled duo cheer up quake-hit area as radio personalities

Disabled duo cheer up quake-hit area as radio personalities

Yuichiro Izutsu (R), who has pervasive development disorder and Kenichi Kumagai, who is blind, are popular personalities for Rikuzentakata Disaster FM, a radio station in Rikuzentakata, a coastal city in the northeastern prefecture of Iwate devastated by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. In their monthly program that started in June 2014, they discuss a wide range of issues from disabilities and local reconstruction to politics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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