Japanese Consulate Offers Condolence Book
CHICAGO (WBBM) -- The Japanese consulate in Chicago has set out a condolence book for people to sign, to express their sympathy for Japan.
As WBBM Newsradio 780's Steve Miller reports, representatives from other consulates in Chicago have signed the book, as have officials from the State of Illinois and the City of Chicago.
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There are also messages from those who tried to make sense of the staggering disaster.
"God must be all alone at the top; He needed so many loved ones all at one time," one person wrote.
Coming by to sign the book of condolence was Hideki Oyama, 29, who works for the Japanese consulate, but spoke to WBBM 780 as a private Japanese citizen.
Oyama has been here six years and wanted to go back to Japan to help, but his family told him not to.
"There are so many people who need stuff, like food and water. If I go there, then I can take them food and water, or whatever," Oyama said.
So Oyama's family told him to do whatever he could do from Chicago.
The condolence book can be found at the Consulate General of Japan, at 737 N. Michigan Ave.
