Turkish volunteer serve up meals for Japan's earthquake victims

The Turkish national Aydın Muhammet's 10-person volunteer team from a construction company in the Japanese town of Wajima has been offering victims their first hot meals since a magnitude 7.6 earthquake leveled much of the city on New Year's Day.

Reuters

On a chilly Friday morning in the quake-hit Japanese town of Wajima, Aydın Muhammet and his employees served steaming bowls of soup and rice in front of a community center for evacuees.

The Turkish national's 10-man volunteer team from the construction company he owns in central Japan has been at work since Jan.4 afternoon, offering victims their first hot meals since a magnitude 7.6 earthquake leveled much of their city on New Year's Day.

(Photos: REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon)

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