on this day he asked sato to inspect part of the seabed that had already been cleaned up. sato found a baby sea squirt, a common local species and it hatched after the tsunami. >> translator: this makes me happy. >> reporter: sato also found a jungle of a rare type of grass, and schools of baby horse with yellow tail in hot pursuit and life under water seemed to have bounced back. >> translator: the ocean off the san rica coast is truly rich and magnificent. i am really proud of that and i want to could whatever i can to contribute to make it more beautiful. >> reporter: no one knows how long the cleanup will take but the divers and fishermen say they're committed to the job and say the fate of the fisheries is at stake and with it the fate of the communities that depend on them. >>> all right. there is a storm just off the east coast of the philippines. we have the details on that and more in the world weather forecast. >> right now tropical storm is situated to the east of the philippines and going to move over towards the north parallel to the east coast of the philippi

sato has been trying hard to make the best use of this natural material. running his own construction materials company, the engineer is a pioneer in creating volcanic rock panel products. >> translator: i built this concrete wall about 25 years ago. even then i felt uncomfortable with inorganic concrete in the midst of nature. i wanted to find an organic material that blends in with the scenery. >> reporter: this is a forest lying on a volcanic plateau in the foothills of mt. fuji. the volcanic rock has fostered many forms of vegetation. to allow some echoes o the norgeal nature to remain. these blocks first gathered attention for their greening effect. the material has been utilized in over 10,000 riverbanks nationwide. these panels are gathering attention. since offering these to regular house holds from july, ten houses have so far used them. it's a small number, but sato hopes they will be used more in urban areas which have been stripped of nature. >> translator: as a result of development, aspects of the environment and natural scenery have been dis

nhk world's nao sato explains. >> reporter: yuka is making house calls. she works as a counselor for the local government. she listens to the problems of residents and checks on their health. >> translator: hello. how are you? >> reporter: she lost her father in the tsunami. he was a firefighter, one of many who died trying to help people escape. she returned home to live with her mother who survived the disaster. >> translator: the survivors open up and talk to me as they know i had a similar experience. i feel rewarded doing this job. >> reporter: they've hired 170 counselors. many work part time. most are disaster survivors themselves. but the government is finding it harder to provide this important service. about 40% of its counselors have quit in recent months. ironically, the reason is the recovery taking place in the region. many people are going back to their old jobs. mariko abe is one of them. she quit her counseling post in march to reopen her clothing shop. her new shop is in a temporary housing complex. >> translator: many people were sorry

nhk world's nao sato has the story. >> reporter: yuko haga is making house calls. she works as a counsel for the local government in minnami-sanriku. she listens to the problems of residents and checks on their health. >> translator: hello. how are you? >> reporter: haga lost her father in the tsunami. he was a firefighter, one of many who died trying to help people escape. she returned home to live with her mother who survived the disaster. >> translator: the survivors open up and talk to me as they know i had a similar experience. i feel rewarded doing this job. >> reporter: minami-sanriku has hired 170 counselors. many work part time. most are disaster survivors themselves. but the government is finding it harder to provide this important service. about 40% of these counselors have quit in recent months. ironically, the reason is the recovery taking place in the region. many people are going back to their old jobs. mariko abe is one of them. she quit her counseling post in march to reopen her clothing shop. her new shop is in a temporary housing complex. >> tran

. >> almost everyone in the area knew of sato's father. he operated a local bicycle shop. but he won fame for his cycling and founding the original race. it used to be one of the city's may j may jr. events. 700 participants took part. in each of 20 years before the disaster. the course winded through the city. cyclists all over the country kidded considered it an important race. on march 11, last year, 40 years of theed in a few short second. a tsunami swept through the city taking it away with it. until then the younger man, made his living by driving a truck the he never thought he would take over his father's business. but that's exactly what he did. he felt this was the only way he could preserve his father's legacy. his father always used to say, there was more to the business than just selling bikes. someone has to repair them. and that someone was him. you would never know a bicycle shop once stood here. as the owner of the shop, he believes that the real recovery can only happen when he rebuild the shop on the original site. >> we are starting from less than zero.

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