rodrigue maillard has that story. >> reporter: a community newsletter is being delivered to people living in temporary housing. it's written for and by the villagers of iitate forced out of their homes after the 2011 nuclear disaster. >> translator: it says a lot about the village, about how each person feels. >> reporter: today these pages show a struggle, whether or not to return home. the loudest call for returning come from the elderly. >> translator: things will never move forward unless someone returns to the village to live. >> reporter: that message was written by 64-year-old yoshito kanno. in front of his house, giant bags filled with radioactive soil and waste from the nuclear cleanup all stored on his farmland, a wasteland. that was once filled with beautiful scenery. this was kind of like 30 years ago. he was running a cattle farm with his wife and son, three generations living under the same roof. >> reporter: in preparation for the return, kanno renovated his house after it sat empty for six years. he kept the century-old wooden pillars. >> translator: i want to convey my fo