Indonesian nurse starts work in Japan tsunami-hit area

Indonesian nurse starts work in Japan tsunami-hit area

YAMADA, Japan - Indonesian nurse Suwarti (L) holds the hand of an elderly woman who survived the March 11 tsunami, at a high school gymnasium serving as an evacuation center in the town of Yamada in Iwate Prefecture on April 25, 2011. Suwarti, who recently passed Japan's nursing examination, began working the same day in the area as a volunteer, saying she hoped to reciprocate the help Japan had given her country after the 2004 Sumatra quake.

Indonesian passes Japan nursing exam

Indonesian passes Japan nursing exam

KOBE, Japan - Indonesian nurse Suwarti speaks during a press conference at Japanese Red Cross Society Himeji Hospital, where she works, in Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture, on March 25, 2011. Suwarti, one of 16 Indonesian and Filipino nurses who passed Japan's nursing examination, expressed her hope to be dispatched to work in areas hit by the devastating March 11 quake and tsunami.

Indonesian nurse starts work in Japan tsunami-hit area

Indonesian nurse starts work in Japan tsunami-hit area

YAMADA, Japan - Indonesian nurse Suwarti (L) holds the hand of an elderly woman who survived the March 11 tsunami, at a high school gymnasium serving as an evacuation center in the town of Yamada in Iwate Prefecture on April 25, 2011. Suwarti, who recently passed Japan's nursing examination, began working the same day in the area as a volunteer, saying she hoped to reciprocate the help Japan had given her country after the 2004 Sumatra quake. (Kyodo)

Indonesian passes Japan nursing exam

Indonesian passes Japan nursing exam

KOBE, Japan - Indonesian nurse Suwarti speaks during a press conference at Japanese Red Cross Society Himeji Hospital, where she works, in Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture, on March 25, 2011. Suwarti, one of 16 Indonesian and Filipino nurses who passed Japan's nursing examination, expressed her hope to be dispatched to work in areas hit by the devastating March 11 quake and tsunami. (Kyodo)