32 foreign disaster orphans arrive in Japan

32 foreign disaster orphans arrive in Japan

KOBE, Japan - A group of 32 children orphaned by earthquakes in Turkey, Taiwan and Colombia and the Kosovo conflict who arrived in Kobe on Aug. 5 attend a reception at the city's Rainbow House, a facility to help disaster orphans. They will receive psychiatric care and promote exchanges with Japanese children who lost their relatives in the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake. The group is to stay in Japan until Aug. 13.

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