First of Japan Disaster Survivors Get Temporary Houses

[AsahinaKimi]

The Japan News.Net
Monday 11th April, 2011 (VoA - Asia)

A month after the magnitude 9.0 earthquake and resulting tsunami devastated northeastern Japan, more than 125,000 people remain in evacuation centers.Others are living with relatives.Most of them were made homeless by the March 11 natural disaster while others were ordered from their residences around the crippled Fukushima-1 nuclear power plant.A small number of families have just moved into temporary housing, but the majority of the homeless face an extended period in limbo.As the rain-soaked ground shook again from a large aftershock, exactly one month after the disaster that made her family homeless, Mika Terui counts herself, her husband and three children as among the lucky ones. But, she says, she still has concerns.VOA - S.L. HermanMika Terui, a 39-year-old mother of three. Terui explains that while she is grateful to be living in new quarters rent free the family still has bills to pay. Her husband's job, along with their house and all of their possessions were washed away by the tsunami. Her husband has only been able to find part-time work at a gasoline station. So, now the 39-year-old housewife will also be looking for work.

The Teruis are one of the 36 families which, beginning Sunday, moved into temporary housing erected on the grounds of the Takada Number 1 Junior High School.VOA - S.L. HermanEntrance to one of the hastily erected temporary houses.Each home has electricity, running water, a small bath and toilet, a microwave and a television set.


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