norio kimura moved to the mountains of hakuba. only here, on the other side of the country, did he feel his surviving daughter was safe from radiation. in the weeks after the tsunami, the bodies of his wife and father had been recovered. but his youngest daughter, yuna, was still missing. four months after the disaster, norio is traveling back to fukushima. an exclusion zone is still in force for 12 miles around the plant. >> (coughs) >> narrator: animals abandoned by their owners have starved to death. others roam wild. some of these districts are contaminated so badly that they will be uninhabitable for decades. >> (man praying in japanese) >> narrator: just two miles from the nuclear power plant, the evacuees from norio's village are holding a ceremony for those who died in the tsunami. for norio, it's a chance to say farewell to the family he had to leave behind. >> (translated): it has been four months since you suddenly disappeared. i have been wondering why this happened. e day, we will return here to live, looking at the s

. >> norio kimura says part of the profits from the book will be donated. the money will go to a group that helps children affected by the disaster. >>> people in japan's northeast are focused on overcoming the challenges of the 2011 disaster. but it won't be easy. they have to rebuild homes, businesses, entire communities. we'll show you their struggles and their successes on "the road ahead" every wednesday at 1:00 p.m. japan time here on newsline. >>> in seoul, shops on wheels are all the rage. they require little investment, and they're easy to open. a wide variety of businesses are starting unique mobile shops. sue choi has more on the story. >> reporter: a mobile shop is doing business in this popular hangout for office workers. from the outside, this looks like your average van, but once you step inside, you'll find it's actually a clothes shop. >> reporter: with 200 pairs of fashion jeans on sale. because of its convenient location, some 20 or 30 women hop into this shop during their lunch break. >> translator: it's very convenient. they have many t