Miyako City, Japan, six months after the deadly tsunami caused by Japan's magnitude 9.0 earthquake.<br/> While parts of the town seem to be getting back to normal, there are reiminders of the devastation everywhere.<br/> Six months on, Miyako City and its residents are struggling to recover.<br/> 63-year-old Mitsuko Fujisawa is amongst those who watched the tsunami destroy her town.<br/> ""It's true that the things are gone and the town is cleaned up, " she says. "But it's so lonely. It's okay during the day like this, but at night it's just completely dark. It's so lonely I always close the curtains at night."<br/> With the tsunami wreaking havoc on fishing and other coastal industries, it's unclear where or how those remaining will find work.<br/> Miyako's deputy mayor says the government needs to urgently decide on unified reconstruction standards.<br/> (SOUNDBITE) (Japanese) MIYAKO CITY VICE MAYOR ICHIRO NAGOSHI SAYING:<br/> "There's many people who ask if the population isn't flowing away. If there aren't steps taken to restore industries or to build new industries, then I honestly think the situation will only get worse and gradually make the city poorer."<br/> Six months after the quake, nearly 10,000 people across Japan are still living in evacuation centres with many more in temporary housing.<br/> Sunita Rappai, Reuters
