Dozens of people left homeless by the massive earthquake last month in rural Nagano Prefecture are now getting access to temporary housing.
On Monday, residents of the village of Hakuba began moving into 35 units built by the prefecture outside a local sports facility.
The magnitude-6.7 earthquake on Nov. 22 caused serious damage in northern Nagano Prefecture and destroyed homes in the popular ski resort of Hakuba. A tally on December 16 found that 1,567 homes had sustained damage; 50 of them were destroyed. In all, 170 people from 77 households were forced to find alternative shelter.