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Thank you for the thousands of emails in support of the original translations of Japanese Twitter accounts of the March 11th quake on my Facebook note, "Japan Quake as Seen from Twitter". Now, together with ten classmates and friends in the University of Cambridge, I have launched this blog to continue translating the voices of the Japanese people on their road to recovery.
- Jun Shiomitsu -

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

The Important Stories the Media Finds Boring

The media is primarily interested in the radiation levels in the Fukushima nuclear power plant.  Less and less is covered about the people struggling to live, and of some of the wonderful stories that happened on the ground.

One of these stories took place in Kesenuma, the city that was completely wiped out in the tsunami.  Amidst the destruction, one building that still stands.  It is a building that saved 1,000 lives and 500 vehicles ... and it wasn't a coincidence.  Here is its story by Wesley Cheek.

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