Japan city training foreigners to be leaders in time of disasters

A local tourism association in northeastern Japan held a training session Saturday to prepare some foreign residents in the city to become leaders who can help others from overseas when natural disasters hit the area.The Sendai Tourism, Convention and International Association hopes foreign residents with good Japanese language skills will convey information, such as evacuation instructions from government entities, to those who do not understand Japanese well.A total of 25 Sendai residents with roots in over 15 countries including China, South Korea, and Vietnam took part in Saturday's ses…READ FULL ARTICLE