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https://i0.wp.com/www.fukuoka-now.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/fn84-dodesho.jpg?fit=640%2C478&ssl=1640478In the recent disasters around the world with Hurricane Katrina in the US and the giant quake in Pakistan, what was just as heartbreaking as hearing about the thousands who had died was seeing the thousands more left homeless. by Sarah Umetsu