By JangWoo Lee | staff
"So many things we have to bear"
The Tohoku earthquake registered a magnitude of 9.0 and the height of the ensuing tsunami was 40,1 meters. This disaster caused huge damage to North East Pacific coast of Japan. More than 18,000 people lost their lives or are still missing. It has been reported by the Reconstruction Agency that 330,000 people have evacuated to either temporary houses, public housings, hospitals or the houses of relateves and friends inside and outside of the affected areas as of September.
In seven prefectures including Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima, the loval governments are planning to construct 23,000 public housings for rent to the victims, however, there are difficulties in insuring the building plots due to the landscape and flooded areas. Also, difficulties associated with the aging population are another problem. Opportunities to be physically active with work and hobbies have decreased and both physical and mental disorders have caused walking difficulties among 20% of over 65 year olds. Solitary deaths and suicides at temporary houses never cease.
The Fukushima nuclear plant accident has increasingly caused severe disturbances for the population of the prefecture. An elementary school student who was participating in a program at Tome city, Miyagi prefecture this summer said in an essay that "there is nowhere in Fukushima that one can live an ordinary life. We cannot eat vesetables havested in the neighboring farms. The swimming tournament which I was looking forward to was calceled again this summer. There are so many things we have to bear in Fukushima.
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