Sendai readies English guidebook, city tour for U.N. disaster confab

Walking tour guide Justin Velgus (R) speaks to travelers in Sendai on March 7, 2015. He was involved in the making of a free Japanese-English guidebook for the northeastern Japanese city ahead of it hosting the five-day U.N. World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction starting March 14. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo