Mayor of city in Iwate prefecture lost wife in 2011 tsunami . Japan has been hit by a series of disasters since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, which killed more than 18,000 people and left nearly 140,000 homeless. Hopes that residents of city will stay , although 1,000 have left .
Mayor of city in Iwate prefecture lost wife in 2011 tsunami . Personal struggle to raise his sons and rebuild the city of Rikuzentakata . Hopes that residents of city will stay , although 1,000 have left .