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March 9th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
When the earthquake struck, their house was split in two and they lost all of
their possessions to the tsunami. “When the quake happened, we knew a
tsunami would come, so we grabbed as much food as we could and drove to the
hills,” she said. Their two sons survived, despite one being washed out
to sea, and live nearby, one in a different temporary shelter, the other in
a house in the mountains.
There is barely room for four people to stand inside the couple’s main room,
where clothes hang from a ceiling line and a microwave, rice cooker, toaster
oven and kettle jostle for space with a television, all provided by the Red
Cross, which has raised £3.1 billion in donations. The hut is comfortable,
and warm, but minuscule even in a country used to tiny dwellings.
“We have a lot of mould now and water coming in. You can spend as much as
you like on things like televisions, but basically this is just a tent in
the woods,” she said.
In Ishinomaki, 16,800 people, or roughly ten per cent of the population, are
still living in temporary shelters.
Across the tsunami-affected region, the figure is 260,000, according to
Japan’s Reconstruction agency. Officials now believe it could be at least
four more years before they can move into proper housing.
Abe Mikio, one of the managers of the shelter where Mr and Mrs Sawato live,
said that survivors are beginning to lose hope as they face years of limbo
before being able to rebuild their lives. He estimated it would be five or
six years before the people in his compound can return to their homes and at
least ten years before Ishinomaki returns to normal.
“I heard there have been a couple of suicides. Some people have struggled
with alcoholism. There was a case where one man was going out to work, and
returning to his shelter to find his wife drunk. One day he killed her,”
he said.
Each family in Ishinomaki has received around 2.2 million yen (£17,000),
partly from the Red Cross and partly from the government, to tide them over.
However, with only around half the number of survivors in Ishinomaki able to
find paid work, according to one survey of a temporary shelter, the money is
now running out.
Yoshinori Sato, a spokesman for Ishinomaki’s government, said the city plans
to build new housing for the victims of the tsunami in two new areas, but
has failed to purchase all the land necessary from the private owners.
In common with many other areas, Ishinomaki has also failed to clear away the
six million tons of debris created by the disaster, half of which is still
spread around the edges of the city.
Other Japanese prefectures initially promised to help bury some of the
disaster zone’s detritus, but have now reneged because of worries it may be
contaminated by radiation from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.
Surrounded by the debris, and living in tiny shelters, it is difficult for the
earthquake’s victims to move on, Mr Yoshinori conceded. He said the city has
not hired any counsellors, however, but is using “more subtle”
means to cheer people up and release some of the building tension in the
region.
“We are organising public entertainment, and activities, little
performances to relax people,” he said. “If afterwards, they want
to talk a little and open up, then that is good,” he said.
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