WAJIMA, Japan — Over 18,000 people are still living in temporary housing two years after a massive earthquake in the Noto Peninsula of Ishikawa Prefecture in central Japan left about 700 people dead or unaccounted for. While infrastructure restoration is progressing in areas hit by the Jan. 1, 2024, earthquake, the road to reconstruction remains bumpy due to issues such as population outflow and aging. The number of people who died from direct causes of the earthquake and the number of missing people remained unchanged from a year earlier at 228 and two, respectively. READ: Massive earthquake jolts Japan, residents […]... Keep on reading: Japan: 18,000 still in temporary housing 2 years after Noto quake