'Outsider' supporters help disaster-hit residents rebuild

SENDAI, Japan - A workshop for ''reconstruction supporters'' is held on Dec. 20, 2012, in Sendai to discuss the challenges and problems in helping victims of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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