Quake-hit communities seek ways to prevent lone deaths

Quake-hit communities seek ways to prevent lone deaths

SENDAI, Japan - Surviving residents take part in discussions on ways to relocate post-disaster public housing openings at a municipal study meeting of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture in December 2012 at the city office.

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