There are tons of debris around. If people experiencing the elements because they are unable to find shelter or warmth; can group together in areas where small bon fires could be started.
That could be dangerous if it is not done well and winds might carry it out of control. But, if shelters and warmth can be gained by manipulating debris to their benefit, it is a resource.
Unfortunately, it is a resource.
...With punishing aftershocks (click here) continuing to jolt the quake zone, the Japanese military was mobilizing 50,000 of its personnel, together with ships and planes, to aid in a rescue effort that has swiftly turned into a deadly race against time. In a country where every modern convenience has long extended into even remote areas, the basics of daily survival - food, water, power - were unaccustomedly threatened....
The very strange reality of all this is that Japan never before hosted their own refugees.
They hosted others.
Burmese refugees complete Japan resettlement program (click title to entry - thank you)
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Twenty-seven Burmese refugees have marked an important milestone after being resettled in Japan last year.The Kyodo news agency says Karen refugees have completed a six-month orientation and language training program.
They arrived in Japan from Thailand as part of a UN third country resettlement program.
The ethnic Karen families are to be given work as farmers in Chiba and Mie prefectures.
They are the first of 90 Burmese refugees that the Japanese Government will accept from Mera camp in northwestern Thailand near the border with Burma.
Japan is the first Asian country to introduce the resettlement scheme, which is designed to help people who have fled human rights abuses and find it hard to settle or return home.
