Kan visited a fishing area in Ishinomaki in Miyagi prefecture, the worst-hit in the March 11 magnitude-9 quake and tsunami that left nearly 30,000 people dead or unaccounted for in Japan’s northeast.
“The government will give all its strength to work with you. We will never abandon you,” Kan spoke at a radio station after surveying the devastated fishing region.
He promised the locals that the government would do all it can to help them rebuild their lives and revive the damaged fishing industry.
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