FEATURE: Improvements in emergency lavatories a must for disasters

Photo taken in April 2011 shows temporary lavatories in Minamisanriku town in the northeastern Japanese prefecture of Miyagi, one of the hardest-hit areas in the 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster. Improving the situation with toilets when natural disasters strike is as an urgent task, with the issue one of the biggest headaches for many regions affected by the disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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