Cries of a Baby Lead Family to Sleep in Car After Japan Quake
- Those who've left their homes might never be able to return
- Companies donating instant noodles, water, diapers to victims
Residents at the car park of Mashiki Gymnasium evacuation center in Kumamoto on April 19.
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The nighttime cries of his two-week-old daughter caused Takuya Ichihara and his family to sleep in their car rather than at the evacuation center they’ve been calling home since the earthquakes struck southern Japan less than a week ago.
Ichihara, his wife, baby and 1-year-old son had joined hundreds of other victims in the center in Minami Aso, a village devastated by a series of large earthquakes in the prefecture of Kumamoto. They may never be able to return to their damaged home.