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Even in a country that values following the rules, many say cutting off lines of communication following disaster is going too far.
The results of a recent survey come with Twitter horror stories about power-hungry superiors pushing their staff around, even mid-crisis.
Many in Osaka have learned that there’s nothing like having the planet attack your home to remind you about the importance of togetherness.
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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