Rika1 comments

What is this article???

The last time I was in Tohoku was in September 2011. That time - just 6 months after the disaster - they had many "temporary housing units", where people who had lost their homes found a place to live. Those houses are small and basic and ment to be home to the people for ideally not more than 2-3 years until other solutions (build new permanent houses?) are found. I don't know the exact number, but there are thousands of these houses, much much more then the suggested 40.

Here you can see pictures: http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/sasaootako/61837002.html

This article is either not correct or at least giving an extremly wrong impression. I know that the situation in Tohoku is not great - but it's not as bad as suggested in this article.