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Wed, 04/27/2011 - 02:41
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Kan Hopes to Provide Enough Temporary Housing by Mid-August
Tokyo (Jiji Press) - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan said Tuesday he will do his best so every evacuee who wishes to move to temporary housing can do so by around the Bon holidays in mid-August, at the latest.
The prime minister made the remarks at a House of Representative Budget Committee meeting, in response to a question by Itsunori Onodera, a member of the opposition Liberal Democratic Party.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said at a press conference that the government can obtain enough materials to build temporary houses for the sufferers of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami as well as the nuclear crisis in Fukushima Prefecture.
But he also said it may be difficult to secure all the necessary construction sites by that time, adding Kan is believed to have expressed his emotion strongly.
The top government spokesman made it clear that the government will be flexible in managing temporary homes, from which residents are generally expected to leave after two years.
There are areas in which people should stay longer, given the damage in those areas and the seriousness of radiation contamination around the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, Edano said.
The government plans to build 30,000 temporary houses by the end of May and another 30,000 in June or later, land minister Akihiro Ohata said at the same committee meeting.
The prime minister made the remarks at a House of Representative Budget Committee meeting, in response to a question by Itsunori Onodera, a member of the opposition Liberal Democratic Party.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said at a press conference that the government can obtain enough materials to build temporary houses for the sufferers of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami as well as the nuclear crisis in Fukushima Prefecture.
But he also said it may be difficult to secure all the necessary construction sites by that time, adding Kan is believed to have expressed his emotion strongly.
The top government spokesman made it clear that the government will be flexible in managing temporary homes, from which residents are generally expected to leave after two years.
There are areas in which people should stay longer, given the damage in those areas and the seriousness of radiation contamination around the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, Edano said.
The government plans to build 30,000 temporary houses by the end of May and another 30,000 in June or later, land minister Akihiro Ohata said at the same committee meeting.
