Japanese Student In CA Finds Her Family Alive On YouTube

These days it has been difficult to watch the news, with so many stories filled with pain and tragedy. But here’s one story that shines a little light of hope amidst the catastrophe. Akiko Kosaka, a Japanese student attending the University of California at Riverside, discovered that her family in Japan was alive thanks to a YouTube clip. Read on to find out more, and watch the CNN report below.

Michael Martinez of CNN writes, “Akiko Kosaka had lost all hope for her family in Minami Sanriku, the fishing village where more than half of the 17,000 residents are missing and feared dead in the aftermath of last week’s tsunami.”