Tsunami survivor battles wildfire to protect hometown in Japan’s northeast
OTSUCHI, Japan, April 27 (Reuters) – Ryota Haga was in high school when the biggest earthquake ever recorded in Japan triggered a deadly tsunami and swept away his family home in the quiet northeastern town of Otsuchi in March 2011. Now 31 with a wife and toddler, the volunteer firefighter faces another natural disaster: this time a wildfire raging for a sixth day and threatening his community after burning through more than 1,600 hectares of forest as of Monday morning. “It’s been 15 years since the (Great East Japan) Earthquake, and our lives were finally beginning to settle down,” Haga