Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako on Friday met evacuees and observed the effects of a powerful earthquake in their first visit to central Japan's Ishikawa Prefecture since the disaster struck on New Year's Day.The imperial couple's one-day trip to the prefecture on the Sea of Japan coast covered the hard-hit cities of Wajima and Suzu, where more than 200 people lost their lives including those who died of disaster-related causes following the magnitude-7.6 temblor.After arriving at Noto airport by plane on Friday morning, the emperor and empress took a Self-Defense Forces helicopter to W…READ FULL ARTICLE
