Japanese troops search for earthquake survivors in otsuchi , iwate prefecture , on march 13 .

3月13日，岩手县大土，日本自卫队在寻找地震幸存者。

Morioka junior college , iwate prefectural university .

岩手立大学盛冈短期大学。

But since the end of a railway and road-building binge , the rural northern half of iwate has languished .

但直到铁路和路建热火朝天的活动结束时，一半的iwate北部乡村已经衰弱了。

Mr. kan visited evacuees from the disaster in the city of rikuzentakata in iwate prefecture .

菅直人在岩手县陆前高田町（rikuzentakata）慰问了从灾难中疏散的人员。

At one emergency shelter in the town of yamada in ravaged iwate prefecture hundreds of elderly survivors quietly stood and bowed their heads .

成千上万的老年幸存者低着头，静静地待在安置在岩手县山田镇得一个应急避难所里面。