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Rent hike looms for 70% of 3/11 disaster victims in state-run housing via the Japan Times

Posted on 2017/09/11 by nfield

MORIOKA, IWATE PREF. – About 70 percent of those forced into government-run housing because of the Great East Japan Earthquake will face rent hikes in fiscal 2018 as the government moves to reduce financial support for those with low incomes. The … Continue reading →

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Gov’t reluctant to charge TEPCO over rent money for voluntary Fukushima evacuees via The Mainichi

Posted on 2015/04/04 by norma field

The government has been covering the rent for apartments provided for evacuees from Fukushima Prefecture, while not demanding payment for this purpose from Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) — the operator of the crippled Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant … Continue reading →

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