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TEMPORARY HOUSING

Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 24, 2018
Wooden housing that sheltered Fukushima displaced now relocated for use in rain-hit western Japan
Purpose-built wooden emergency homes constructed using a traditional nail-less building technique and used by people displaced by the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis have been relocated to Soja, Okayama Prefecture, which was recently hit by torrential rains.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / How-tos / HOME TRUTHS
Apr 2, 2017
Temporary disaster housing has an unforeseen permanence
The 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake left 110,000 people in three prefectures without shelter. Most of these people moved into emergency evacuation centers while the authorities prepared temporary housing for them.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Mar 11, 2017
Namie: one step forward, a few steps back
Evacuees from the Fukushima town of Namie are struggling to find a good reason to return to their homes.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 14, 2016
All 4,300 temporary homes completed in quake-hit Kumamoto
Construction of all temporary housing units in Kumamoto Prefecture was completed Monday, paving the way for people forced from their homes by last April's powerful earthquakes to start rebuilding their lives.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 12, 2016
Miyagi governor bullish on hosting Olympic events
The prefectureu2019s leader, despite a u2018negativeu2019 meeting with the 2020 Gamesu2019 organizing committee, expresses confidence.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 14, 2016
Quake-hit town in Kumamoto opens first batch of temp housing units
Evacuees in the town of Mashiki, Kumamoto Prefecture, begin moving into temporary housing units two months after major earthquakes forced them from their homes.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 16, 2016
Kumamoto marks one month since devastating main earthquake
Kumamoto and other southwestern prefectures on Monday marked one month since the second of two massive earthquakes struck the region in quick succession, leaving a total of 49 people dead.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 11, 2016
Seniors mull share house to keep Fukushima evacuee community intact
As the government looks to lift the evacuation zone for part of Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, elderly people currently living in temporary dwellings are considering a share house so they can stay together.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 20, 2016
Concerns raised over support services for disabled earthquake evacuees
Nearly a week after the first deadly earthquake hit central Kumamoto, concerns are rising that evacuees with disabilities or ailments are not getting the support they need.
JAPAN / Society
Mar 2, 2016
Solitary deaths reach 188 in Tohoku temporary housing
The number of people who died alone in temporary housing in three prefectures hit hard by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disasters reached 188 at the end of last year, a Kyodo News tally showed, highlighting the difficulty for authorities to look after elderly survivors.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Sep 10, 2015
3/11 evacuees' refusal to vacate temporary housing causes reconstruction headache
At least 900 temporary housing units in 20 municipalities in the disaster-hit prefectures of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima have not been vacated or demolished even though residents no longer have a dire need to stay in them, according to a survey.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Apr 18, 2015
'At Kasetsu' and the poetry of everyday life in temporary housing
Four years have passed since the evacuees displaced by the Fukushima nuclear disaster moved into kasetsu (temporary housing). Many are unable to return home as their houses are still contaminated.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Mar 14, 2015
Failing to rebuild communities in Tohoku
The NHK travel program "Tsurube no Kazoku ni Kampai" ("Tsurube Toasts Families") recently aired a two-parter about the town of Watari in Miyagi Prefecture, which was devastated in the March 11, 2011, tsunami. In the series, rakugo storyteller Shofukutei Tsurube and a celebrity guest visit small towns unannounced and try to get to know some residents. The encounters are casual and highlight the special qualities of the area, but the basic aim is to show the close bonds that define a community.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 6, 2014
Pets providing warm cheer in 3/11 temporary housing
Life can be bleak for the people still living in temporary accommodations nearly three years after the Great East Japan Earthquake, but pets have been a great help for some.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 4, 2013
Many evacuees still in temp housing
The occupancy rate for makeshift housing units set up after the March 2011 mega-quake and tsunami is still at more than 85 percent in the three hardest-hit prefectures, 1,000 days since the twin disasters struck.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FUKUSHIMA FILE
Nov 17, 2013
Fukushima evacuees' housing units crumbling
The temporary housing units sheltering those displaced by the March 11 quake, tsunami and nuclear disasters are falling apart just as winter sets in.
Japan Times
JAPAN / TOHOKU TRAPPED IN TIME
Mar 8, 2013
Traumatized port struggles to stay together, move on
When the Kinoya fish processing company in Ishinomaki opened its brand new flagship factory last month, it gave employees a ray of hope that it would recover from the 9.0 earthquake and tsunami that destroyed much of the city.

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