Asia | After the earthquake

Stoicism amid the debris

As the nuclear crisis appears to stabilise, the scale of the human tragedy becomes more apparent

By H.T. and K.N.C. | SAITAMA AND TOKYO

AMONG THE the panoply of disasters that has besieged Japan since Friday's earthquake and tsunami it appears that the risks of a serious nuclear accident may be rising again. Over the weekend, the threat of a nuclear catastrophe distracted attention from the human tragedy: a string of towns and villages along hundreds of kilometres of coastline in north-eastern Japan that were buried under water or washed away.
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