A good friend of mine who I met in Korea now lives in Aomori in Japan, which is in the north of Honshu – the biggest of Japan’s islands. I sent him an email today to find out if he had been affected by the tragic earthquake and tsunami that has devastated the coast of Japan. As of now (March 12 at 7pm) over 1,300 people are either dead or missing. The damage to coastal property is probably going to number in billions of every currency.

Aomori in Japan - the earthquake and tsunami mostly effected the east coast and in particular ares north of Tokyo

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