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Occupancy rate in temporary houses for tsunami victims is less than 50% on average in three prefectures

Fully equipped temporary housing stand empty

The reason being that the residents will have to pay for utilities and food once they move into the houses, they also feel lonely in them and the lack of a car makes transportation difficult

Few residents

A kitchen in a temporary house

Meals at the evacuation centers

A cardboard company donates cardboard furniture to evacuees, they even assemble it for them. The furniture, including bed, is very strong

Desk and chair

Cabinets

There're four types of temporary houses for tsunami victims

Brick type

Log cabin type is the best-looking

Inside

A big problem in the tsunami stricken area is BIG FLIES

Residents can't make these homemade fly traps quickly enough

They trap millions of flies but billions more are out there

3/11 Quake costs twice as much as the devastating quake in Osaka area in 1995

Each tsunami victim receives 100,000 Yen (US$1270) a month for 6 months for mental suffering

They also get 120,000Yen a month if staying in an evacuation center or 100,000Yen for every 40 days if staying inside their house

So far 159 countries and 43 international organizations have helped Japan after the 3/11 Quake

Denmark Prince visited a school in Fukushima Prefecture