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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 -

Friday, March 25, 2011

Short Term Hire of Evacuees

I received a call from a friend in Tohoku saying “I want to evacuate the Tohoku area together with 5 or 6 of my colleagues”.  I asked my company’s president if we could hire them for about half a year, and was amazed and touched at how he happily agreed immediately.  Although they decided to stay in Tohoku after all, my president’s willingness to help my friends was beautiful; I am very grateful. 

(Original Japanese Text)

関東の友達から「スタッフ56人で避難したい」と電話。半年ほど間借りさせてもらえないか知り合いの会社に相談したら、社長が快く引き受けてくれた。結局、避難話は保留になったけど、社長のキモチに感動&感謝。

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