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After losing both his tofu-making business and their home in Japan's March tsunami, Koichi Aizawa and his wife Tomoko have been living in a shelter housed in a junior high school in Miyako, Japan, for the last three months. They are like nearly 90,000 people who remain in shelters after being displaced by the March tsunami, with another 12,100 living in temporary houses, according to Japanese media, which cited statistics from the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare.
Watch the video below to tour the shelter with Koichi and see how families are sharing classrooms to create makeshift homes.
53-year-old tofu maker, Mr. Koichi Aizawa, gives us a tour of the shelter in Miyako city where he and his wife have been living since their home and business were destroyed by the tsunami.
See more pictures from the shelter and read about a carpenter who is returning to his job after volunteering to help tsunami victims for the last three months. (Reporting by Miranda Leitsinger, msnbc.com)
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I'll wager all of these folks are anxious to leave, and try to restore their lives. Unlike our Katricians, who are approaching six years on the dole, still constantly complaining, and still want more "gubment" aid. Of course, what should one expect? The Katricians were, for the most part, always on the dole. Gnome sayin', bro?
Care to back those statements up with statistical evidence?
Oh wait, no. You'd just rather make sweeping generalizations and slight racial jabs.
No problem. Just enter "katrina victims still in housing" in a search, and start reading.
That is funny! It does seem our Katricians have been sitting around wanting somemore, and complaining. The Japanese, don't seem to be doing that. From what I have read and seen on the news, these people are not ones to sit around and wait for help. They help themselves. "God helps those who help themselves." It may not be what some people would like to hear, but the truth hurts.