Nepali man learning from Japan to preserve flood-hit sites for posterity

KATHMANDU - A Nepali businessman inspired by Japan's efforts to keep the memory of disasters alive is working to preserve areas devastated by flash floods in August so that future generations can learn from them.

"Rebuilding victims' lives is the top priority now, but we must also think about how to pass on the lessons for the next decade or so," said Prakash Poudel, drawing on his experiences visiting Hiroshima's Atomic Bomb Dome and a disaster museum in Kobe, the city hit hard by a huge quake in 1995.