Rei Kawakami was on a train to the airport after a conference in Seoul in October when she heard the news of the fire engulfing Shuri Castle in Okinawa."I've been to Shuri Castle and I knew that for the people of Okinawa it was part of life," said the 39-year-old Japanese associate professor. After reading news reports about students unable to return to school due to the shock of the castle's destruction, Kawakami felt compelled to act."I have children and I imagined how overwhelming it would be if they were the ones who experienced this," said Kawakami, a computer vision specialist in the …READ FULL ARTICLE
