Builders on Saturday started erecting temporary housing for those displaced by the killer earthquake and tsunami on March 11, with 200 units alone destined for the devastated coastal city of Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture.
The 30-sq.-meter prefabricated houses can accommodate two to three people and will be built on the grounds of a junior high school. No completion date has been set for the project.
"We need to go forward," Mayor Futoshi Toba told construction workers.