Japanese Himalayan trekking guide keeps supporting quake victims

Japanese Himalayan trekking guide keeps supporting quake victims

Akio Asahara, a Japanese trekking guide in the Himalayas, talks at his home in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, western Japan, on May 8, 2015, about his support activities continuing in mountainous villages in Nepal since April's devastating earthquake. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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