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Why Some Foreigners Refuse To Leave Japan

"Some veteran foreigners think what Prime Minister Naoto Kan has called Japan’s worst crisis since the end of World War Two might trigger fresh dynamism in Japan after two decades of stagnation and stalemate — another reason to stay put.

The day after the earthquake I thought, ‘This could finally be the thing that slaps Japan together’," Jameson said.
"That’s another reason not to leave — the possibility you might be missing the most important time in Japan since World War Two."

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