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A car drives past the ruins in the city of Rikuzen-Takata, one of the cities worst hit by the 9.0 magnitude strong earthquake struck on March 11, off the coast of north-eastern Japan, on March 15, 2011 in Iwate prefecture, Japan
Wednesday, Mar. 16, 2011

Open quotePeople just relied on the bureaucracy. They became too obedient.Close quote

  • TSUYOSHI KINNO,
  • head of a neighborhood committee in Rikuzentakata, a Japanese town that was leveled by the diaster; its emergency plans were based on 13-ft. (4 m) waves, while the tsunami brought 49-ft. (15 m) waves
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