What's going on Kobe after a Year and Half

1. Reconstruction conditon
• Almost Expways will be reconstructed until September.
  Schedule has been forwarded up. Picture (right) is Hanshin expway Fukae area. Has been reconstructed falled down part and cracked piers were wrapped by steel and concrete.(13th July,'96)
• Route 43 Hanshin Expway will be reconstructed more faster than schedule.
  It will be reconstructed until September.
• Route 5 Bayside Expway will be reconstructed more faster than schedule.
  It will be reconstructed until September.
2. City of Kobe will be build up a lot of public housing. But still not enough.
   
   
3. More than 35,000 people are still living in the temporaly shelters.
   
4. Country Japan are NOT helps victims' private property. They are NOT changes their mind. (This is very ununderstandly because they helps Jyusen.)
   At same time, people who can not reconstructing their life are going down to hell.
   
   
5. Suicide
   
   Several times I heared or see story of suicide in Local Newspaper. One mother was jumped into train with her daughter when their sun kept his eye to them at side. Why? Because hopeless. All borrowed money has exemption as extention for pay back 3 years. So, means after 1 year and half left, they have to pay back the money, again. If people has housing roan for made their own house before earthquake, they have to pay back it not exepted their house has been destroyed. And only 3% of houses were covered by insurance for earthquake. No fire insurance gives coverage which fired after earthquake. So, person who has job can has roan for build their home again. But when past 3years, they have to pay back their roan as dowble. Wosely, Japan has big recession. Economy are slowly came back but still big restructure are going on at any companies. Then not enough employment are available. So, what happen onto people who lives in Kobe... they lost job by earthquake, they could not get new job by recession, and they can not have enough money as before by restructure. Plus, they will have dowble pay back for old home and new home who can make new home.
   
6. deth at living shelter, alone
   
   At temporaly shelters, still we have news as somebody died lonely.
   
7. Condominium -can not get a consencsus from residents-
   
   At condominium, only few percent of building has been settled repair or rebuild. At another condominium, it's like strike a rock. Can not repair, can not rebuild because can not get a consencsus from residents. At younger resident, they can pay money for rebuild or repair. At older resident, they can not pay or they did not want to pay. Why? Think about it. Resident who older as 80years old, are not sure how many years they will live. And building will rebuilded several years future. They have to find out temporaly home until rebuilded it with paying money for temporaly home, and they have to pay money for repair or rebuild without income because they are too old to have a job. Is it possible? Sale the premium? Who wants to buy premium as destroying condominium? Who will pay it for several years future's condominium? Of cource no market.
   
   
8. At downtown
   
   Smile has been come back to people's faces who woking in Sannnomiya-town. But at their behind, sometime we can find very blue person. Looks exact hopeless. Few people are still lives in the tent at public park or who's own propaty.
   

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