Quake-hit communities seek ways to prevent lone deaths

Quake-hit communities seek ways to prevent lone deaths

SENDAI, Japan - Shuichi Maki (L), director of a nonprofit organization called Yorozu Sodanshitsu, talks to a female resident in post-disaster public housing in Kobe's Chuo Ward on Feb. 5, 2013.

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