Construction of temporary housing begins in quake-hit area

Construction of temporary housing begins in quake-hit area

TOTTORI, Japan - Workers begin building temporary housing Oct. 12 in Hino, Tottori Prefecture, one of the areas hardest hit by a powerful earthquake that jolted western Japan on Oct. 6.

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