Then she received word Sunday night from a friend in Japan of the existence of a 45-second YouTube video showing her family home as the only one standing amid the rubble . Akiko Tanaka , 20 , is from the tsunami - wracked town of Minami ##kawa , Japan . More than half of that coastal town 's Japanese residents are missing . For three days , she thought her family disappeared . But then she saw her sister on TV sending a ` ` we are all safe '' message .
Akiko Tanaka , 20 , is from the tsunami - wracked town of Minami ##kawa , Japan . More than half of that coastal town 's Japanese residents are missing . For three days , she thought her family disappeared . But then she saw her sister on TV sending a ` ` we are all safe '' message .