Indian students to visit tsunami-hit Fukushima

NEW DELHI: A group of 138 students from the country are visiting Japan from tomorrow during which they would visit the ' fukushima prefecture' to witness the current situation in the region following the tsunami-induced disaster.

They will also receive lectures about the lessons learnt from the earthquake and tsunami of March 11, 2011 and also observe the recovery process of the areas, said a statement.

The students, who are learning Japanese, would be there till March 13 under the Kizuna Project youth exchange programme introduced by Japanese government.

Japanese government has launched the youth-exchange project with Asia-Oceania and North America.