Kazuhiro Takahashi could be taken for a transient, scavenging for food, but he is just another hungry victim of Japan’s tsunami trying to find food for his family.

“I am so ashamed, but for three days we don’t have enough food. I have no money because my house was washed away by the tsunami and the cash machine is not working.”

Other tsunami survivors dig through smashed-up supermarkets, hoping to find food to supplement the meager government rations. 

“This is so shaming, but I have given up on the government. We cannot rely on them so we have to help ourselves.”