QUOTE (JunMisugi @ Mar 17 2011, 03:20 AM) Ah I also heard that speech, I think it is good that he finally has said something, and considering that as far as I know a lot of people in japan like him it should give them some moral extra support.
I also just heard that the German government said that Germans who live in the area of Tokyo should immediately leave it...as much as I want to believe that the media is making it bigger as it is and that the situation actually gets better, but that really does not sound that good...I mean they dont say it just for fun
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A Good Speech Indeed, this is what truly a man in his position may do. Words can be sometimes a powerful weapon when used properly.
I think your gov't just taking consideration since they are after all foreigners in that country, pretty much my gov't is also the same Telling Filipinos over there(which a LOT of them are there) to gather in groups and move towards the embassy to register up.
And Some PEOPLE aren't helping with the exaggeration either, just yesterday a prank text message circulated here that there will be an Acid rain because A leakout has already occured(yeah right) and reached our country(since were near japan) . To the point that a Certain University declared that there will no classes for a week. Thank god the gov't got wind of this and they got pretty pissed off because of this >_> to the point they asked all the media here to explain the damn thing properly for the masses.
Well successful it was a successful troll though...
QUOTE (nijlandp @ Mar 17 2011, 02:22 AM)
I also have some friends in Tokyo and one in Sendai. My friend and his family in Sendai lost his home in the tsunami but fortunately he and his family are alright.
The ones in Tokyo are still staying in the city but they all say that it is a tense situation. One of them said the following: as long as the emperor stays in the city there is nothing to fear.
Watching comedies may indeed be a way to get some tension away. It does sound strange though.
I Think its normal to be still tense afterall Aftershocks are still occuring If Im not mistaken and with the hysteria of the Nuke plants but overall nobody is panicking and everyone is helping out each other. Heck even the media in my country and some politicians were astounded on how calm the japanese were despite what just happened. You could see the rations lay flat on the airport, yet no one was rushing to get it all was patient and falling in line. Its Sad though I just saw an article in Yahoo telling a completely opposite scenario when actually its plain irresponsible journalism.