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Yoshihiro Mizutani was inspired to make beds from heat-insulating cardboard after seeing television footage of older people suffering from hypothermia at shelters after the disasters of March 11, 2011. | REUTERS
Jiji Apr 1, 2021
Yao, Osaka Pref. – The head of a cardboard manufacturer in western Japan has been seeking to spread the use of cardboard beds at emergency shelters in the event of natural disasters.
Yoshihiro Mizutani, 50, president of Jpacks Co., based in the city of Yao, Osaka Prefecture, played a key role in promoting cardboard beds in the wake of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, which devastated the Tohoku region.
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