Ghosts of the Tsunami: Death and Life in Japan's Disaster Zone

by Richard Lloyd Parry

When you know exactly what happened, are you any better off? When you’ve got the truth in your hand, what are you going to do with it?”

“Everything made by men will be destroyed by nature in the end. Mountains and river, the creations of nature—they will remain. Everything human, that will go. We need to reconsider the respect we give to nature.”

When people see ghosts, they are telling a story, a story that had been broken off. They dream of ghosts because then the story carries on, or comes to a conclusion. And if that brings them comfort, that’s a good thing.”