More than three months after the main earthquake, it seems that the car driven by Hikaru Yamato has finally been found. The Kumamoto Gakuen University student is thought to have been driving over or near the Aso Ohashi when it collapsed on the morning of April 16th. Despite large-scale search efforts, nothing had been found until yesterday. What is particularly impressive to me is that, judging from Japanese media reports, it was Hikaru’s parents and their supporters – not any official search effort – who found the car. They are submitting photos of what they found to Kumamoto Prefecture and requesting that the prefecture retrieve the car so that they can determine if Hikaru’s remains are in it. Hikaru is the only quake victim who is still unaccounted for. I hope this can bring his family some closure and healing.
– Kirk
http://news.tv-asahi.co.jp/news_society/articles/000079873.html
