OTA, Japan (Reuters) - For Naren Mahat, a 27-year-old Nepali living in Japan, there was a long and painful wait on Saturday between news of a devastating earthquake and, finally, word from family members cut off by bad phone lines and repeated aftershocks.
"If we were there, we could have helped. It's like a dream. I still can't believe this is happening," said Mahat, an asylum seeker from Nepal's capital Kathmandu, which suffered heavy damage.
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