Quake-hit foreign residents face difficult life in shelters

Quake-hit foreign residents face difficult life in shelters

NAGAOKA, Japan - An official from the Brazilian Consulate General in Tokyo speaks to a Brazilian quake victim at a shelter in Nagaoka, central Niigata Prefecture, on Oct. 29. Brazilians are among a large number of foreign workers and their families affected by a series of earthquakes that started on Oct. 23.

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