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Or maybe we should call them “beef cans?” Either way, these things will be literal life-savers.
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Veteran employee was involved in measuring radiation levels immediately after 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
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High schooler hopes the prefecture will shed its disaster zone image, and that the rest of Japan will start to see Fukushima as normal again.
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On the Road to Recovery: The People of America and Kumamoto Join Together is a beautiful clip that encourages the people of Kumamoto to be positive during recovery efforts.
Numbers alone can be hard to visualize, but this makes things terrifyingly easy to understand.
Magnetic notices convey a very important message about your cats for when you’re not there to speak for them.
Messagess of support, this time from Taiwan, keep pouring in following the deadly earthquake in Kumamoto.
With the ability to withstand the weight of up to 20 people, this bed doesn’t mess around!
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