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Researchers are always arguing over disaster prevention when it comes to evacuating buildings.

Quote of the Day Jun. 28, 2009 - 04:00AM JST ( 1 )

Gunma University Prof Toshitaka Katada, on the difficulties in reaching a consensus over how to make buildings more earthquake-resistant. (Yomiuri Shimbun)

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StatisticianJun. 28, 2009 - 12:13PM JST

I guess it all depends where you are

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TEPCO has caused this big trouble for everyone under the sun and nobody has been arrested.

The thing I'd come to believe was good and useful to society turned out to be useless and caused everybody trouble. I feel a deep sense of remorse.

We're bored. We have nothing to do. I don't have anything to say to my husband anymore. It's much better to come here than just sit in the house watching TV all day. We need some excitement, too.

It’s fine to go around with a Geiger counter and see if your child’s playground is radioactive, but how do you go from that to getting the laws to change so that this kind of thing can’t happen again?

The reason people aren't spending is because they are worried about the pension system and fear for their future. If we fix that, then they will be more confident to spend and that will boost the economy.

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