Over 60% of quake-affected Noto residents see little recovery: survey

Over 60 percent of those significantly impacted by a powerful earthquake in central Japan on Jan. 1 feel little progress has been made toward recovery and construction, a Kyodo News survey showed Sunday.The questionnaire, conducted among 155 residents of six hard-hit municipalities in Ishikawa Prefecture on the Noto Peninsula, underscores the slow pace of rebuilding and growing concerns about declining attention to affected areas as the first anniversary of the quake approaches.Regarding the progress of recovery and reconstruction, 18 percent of respondents said it had "barely progressed," …READ FULL ARTICLE