Sakuji Funayama

Careful search for mementos slows Japan rebuilding

Sakuji Funayama watched intently as a giant steel claw tore chunks off the remains of his two-story home, ripped open like a dollhouse by last month's tsunami and washed up onto a pile of debris. Suddenly, he spied something, waved his arms and pointed.The claw froze and a half dozen construction workers scrambled into the wreckage, emerging a few ...