Filopinos in Japan disaster area

KESENNUMA, Japan - Charito Ito (L) and other women from the Philippines study for exams together in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on July 18, 2011. They hope to pass an examination to be qualified to work as caretakers in Japan. Many of them are wives of Japanese men and used to work in the local fisheries industry but lost jobs after the March quake and tsunami. (Kyodo)