Carpenter who lost house in tsunami builds new prefab home at site - The Mainichi Daily News: "RIKUZENTAKATA, Iwate -- A carpenter whose house here was washed away by a massive tsunami on March 11 has started building a new prefabricated home, hoping that moving back into his devastated hometown will encourage other residents to return. The carpenter, 78-year-old Tatsuro Kumagai, had been living at a shelter with his wife in the wake of the disaster, but decided to return and started building the new home on April 11."
