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Temporary housing units opened for Iwate survivors [Japan]
Japan Times ^
| April 10, 2011
| Staff
Posted on 04/09/2011 12:20:52 PM PDT by La Enchiladita
RIKUZENTAKATA, Iwate Pref. (Kyodo) Survivors of last month's tsunami began moving into temporary housing Saturday in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, becoming the first Tohoku disaster evacuees to do so.
The new residents of 36 prefabricated units built on the grounds of a junior high school brought their belongings from the shelters after winning a highly competitive lottery involving 1,160 groups of applicants last week.
Eiki Kumagai, 43, expressed delight at moving into a unit together with his wife and their two children. "I'm happy. . . . My next step will be to look for a job," he said. He used to run an "izakaya" pub, but it was washed away by the massive tsunami following the March 11 earthquake.
(Excerpt) Read more at search.japantimes.co.jp ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Japan; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: iwate; japan; survivors; tsunami
Life begins again...
To: La Enchiladita
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posted on
04/09/2011 12:26:52 PM PDT
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gaijin
To: La Enchiladita
bump....anyone know the music playing?
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posted on
04/09/2011 12:39:45 PM PDT
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goodnesswins
(Unlike the West, the Islamic world is serious.)
To: La Enchiladita
I guess they won’t have to wate any more.
To: gaijin
Thank you for that link. Awesome.
To: La Enchiladita
The Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectural governments hope to build temporary units for 62,000 households but construction had only started on 4,337 units as of Thursday, officials said. About 150,000 people are still staying at some 2,400 shelters in 18 prefectures. The number of those moving into units may seem low, but considering it's been a month of constant shaking and rolling, over 4000 units already started is really great news.
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04/09/2011 1:41:05 PM PDT
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blueplum
To: gaijin
Excellent video with wonderful background music. Thanks for the link.
Tomodachi means friend?
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posted on
04/09/2011 1:46:07 PM PDT
by
arasina
(So there.)
To: arasina
"Tomodachi means friend?" Hai!
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posted on
04/09/2011 5:09:45 PM PDT
by
TXnMA
("Allah": Satan's current alias...)
To: gaijin; goodnesswins; snowsislander; Ronin; blueplum; Disambiguator
Really nice, thank you. Questions about the music in that video have not been answered, but I would like share a video also of a group I love:
Ondeko-Za
Enjoy!!
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posted on
04/10/2011 4:23:50 PM PDT
by
La Enchiladita
(Remember, Reflect, Renew: 2011, 10 years since 9/11. Never Forget.)
To: La Enchiladita
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posted on
04/10/2011 5:48:51 PM PDT
by
goodnesswins
(Unlike the West, the Islamic world is serious.)
To: La Enchiladita
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posted on
04/10/2011 8:45:42 PM PDT
by
gaijin
To: gaijin
These are crazy people who made the video, right?
Such devastation, so sad.
They should have taken biscuits for the dogs.
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04/11/2011 12:20:18 PM PDT
by
La Enchiladita
(Remember, Reflect, Renew: 2011, 10 years since 9/11. Never Forget.)
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