Ian Lawrence Otieno, a Form One boy at St. Patrick's Segere in Siaya county was fatally beaten by friends. He was coming from a funeral vigil alongside his cousin.
Ishikawa Prefecture is home to around 16,500 foreign residents, and multilingual hotlines were set up shortly after the quake to provide vital information.
In the aftermath of a magnitude-7.6 earthquake that rocked central Japan on New Year's Day, uncertainty prevails among foreigners in the region who have had homes damaged or jobs paused, but widespread support is helping to ease anxiety.
In the aftermath of a magnitude-7.6 earthquake that rocked central Japan on New Year's Day, uncertainty prevails among foreigners in the region who have had homes damaged or jobs paused, but widespread support is helping to ease anxiety. Ian Lawrence, an American in his fifth year of the Japan Exchange…