Quake evacuees Kazuyoshi Takeda (center) and his wife, Noriko, express gratitude to Shuichiro Oikawa, mayor of the town of Abira, Hokkaido, as they are given a temporary housing unit based on a trailer, on Wednesday in the town hit by the powerful quake in September. A total of 15 such housing units will be offered to affected households in Abira and the neighboring town of Atsuma. | KYODO