NHK reporters made their way to several towns that have NOT received any, or very little, help after the 9.0 quake/tsunami.

What they found is what you’d expect to see after a devastating war.  Only a few dozen people in each town working together to survive. In most towns people find food by scavenging through the destroyed buildings.  They say the Japanese military came and went, leaving hardly any supplies for them, it’s like they were forgotten by the rescue crews.  In one town the people are so angry with the government that they made it clear to the reporters, in a loud way, that the government has done nothing for them.  In another town the people made a steam house to keep warm. They used parts they scavenged from their destroyed town, and when asked how they were heating it, one man said he’s burning what’s left of his house.

Something interesting that reporters and rescue crews are finding, most of the survivors are older people, no kids, no young adults.