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The Economist: The Great Wall of Japan Tsunami protection—or a boondoggle for builders? LIKE hundreds of places along Japan’s northeast coast, the village of Koizumi exists on maps only. Three years ago, an earthquake under the Pacific Ocean triggered towering waves that carried away over 18,000 people and caused a meltdown at the Fukushima Dai-ichi power station. The deluge flattened Koizumi and drowned 40 of its 1,800 residents. Japan’s government wasted little time announcing a favourite solution: pouring concrete. A few months after the disaster it pledged to build hundreds of seawalls and breakers in the three worst-hit prefectures of Fukushima, Miyagi and Iwate. economist/news/asia/21604200-tsunami-protectionor-boondoggle-builders-great-wall-japan
Posted on: Sat, 14 Jun 2014 10:00:00 +0000

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