Recovery efforts continued in northeastern Japan on Friday, two days after a magnitude 7.4 earthquake disrupted local water supply and derailed a bullet train.The Self-Defense Forces dispatched personnel to provide fresh water in areas in Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures, part of the region devastated by the killer M9.0 quake and ensuing tsunami 11 years ago on March 11, 2011.About 43,000 houses in the prefectures remained without water as of 11:30 a.m. Friday, according to the health ministry.In the Semine area of Kurihara, Miyagi, where about 1,500 houses were left without access to water…READ FULL ARTICLE
