The Japan Culture Center of WNY started a relief fund with an initial goal of raising $5,000 for Buffalo sister city Kanazawa and the Ishikawa Prefecture.
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Japan s Prime Minister said rescue efforts have been made extremely difficult due to damage to roads in the Ishikawa prefecture, near the epicentre of the quake.
The New Year s Day disaster left at least 13 people dead in the Ishikawa Prefecture according to the Japan Times, with dozens more injured and unaccounted for.