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Tuesday, January 08, 2013

"the soil is different here"?

Some attitudes in Japan never change:

"“Even if a method works overseas, the soil in Japan is different, for example,” said Hidehiko Nishiyama, deputy director at the environment ministry, who is in charge of the Fukushima cleanup. “And if we have foreigners roaming around Fukushima, they might scare the old grandmas and granddads there.”

Japan’s Cleanup After a Nuclear Accident Is Denounced - NYTimes.com

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