MAEBASHI, Japan - In a shuttered school north of Tokyo, office workers assemble cardboard houses in minutes, part of a travel agency's effort to help people better prepare for life in evacuation shelters.
A Tokyo-based travel agency is promoting a program that allows participants to experience simulated evacuation living, saying the hands-on training can help people cope with temporary shelters in the event of natural disasters.
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