(Reuters) Japan quake survivors too shocked to contemplate the future

A week after their lives were turned upside down by the biggest recorded earthquake in Japan’s history, many survivors are too shocked to contemplate the future.

“My house does not exist anymore. Everything is gone, including money,” said Tsukasa Sato, a 74-year-old barber with a heart condition, as he warmed his hands in front of a stove at a shelter in Yamada, northern Japan.

“This is where I was born, so I want to stay here. I don’t know how it will turn out, but this is my hope.”

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