Blog: Last Rites in Hazmat Suits
Ishinomaki last rights
Overheard from a frequent American visitor to Japan: “People in the States say Japan is so screwed. People in Tokyo say the north of Japan is so screwed. People in the north say Miyagi (where much of the tsunami damage occurred) is so screwed. People in Miyagi say Fukushima (where a lot of the current nuclear concern is focused) is so screwed. People in Fukushima say the people in the evacuation zone are so screwed. Those people say, ‘Well, at least it’s not a war.'” […]
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