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Last family moves out of temporary quake evacuee houses

NAGAOKA, Japan - Tadayoshi Nagashima, a member of the House of Representatives, takes his family's belongings from one of the temporary housing units set up in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture, for thousands of evacuees from a nearby village after the massive earthquake in 2004. The temporary housing units were closed the same day after the family of Nagashima, who was mayor of the village at the time of the quake, moved out.

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Last family moves out of temporary quake evacuee houses

NAGAOKA, Japan - Tadayoshi Nagashima, a member of the House of Representatives, takes his family's belongings from one of the temporary housing units set up in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture, for thousands of evacuees from a nearby village after the massive earthquake in 2004. The temporary housing units were closed the same day after the family of Nagashima, who was mayor of the village at the time of the quake, moved out. (Kyodo)

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Former vice reconstruction minister Nagashima dies at 66

Japanese lawmaker Tadayoshi Nagashima, seen in this photo taken in November 2014, died of multiple organ failure in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture, on Aug. 18, 2017, at age 66. Nagashima became a senior vice reconstruction minister after working on the restoration of a village hit by a major earthquake in Niigata. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo