Troupe on national tour of play on Fukushima disaster

FURANO, Japan - Playwright So Kuramoto speaks during an interview after a rehearsal by his drama troupe of his play about the 2011 Fukushima disaster in Furano, Hokkaido Prefecture, northern Japan, on Jan. 5, 2015. The group will perform the play, which is about the experiences of survivors of the tsunami and nuclear disaster in a small town in Fukushima Prefecture, nationally from Jan. 10 through March 14.

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