Monday, March 14, 2011

The Japanese are compared on the web: "The shelves are empty, ran to grab"

"Sorry for all the concerns that we are giving you the world." Websites and social networks collect, at this time, the stories of Japanese who are reorganizing their lives in this tragic time hours between the earthquake and the nuclear danger. Internet becomes an opportunity to discuss and exchange tips, such as where to find a supermarket that does not have empty shelves.

And many choose to leave the cities hardest hit. Saori Miki, thirty used in jewelry company in Tokyo, decided to leave the capital by their parents to return to Osaka. "My owner decided to close the office for a while ', because the suppliers who are in Fukushima were damaged by the tsunami, so me and my brother we took the first shinkansen (the" bullet train "super-fast) to reach the our family.

" Someone else tries to get back to normal. "Now do not worry," reassures Nobuo Tsuyuki, who runs a shop in the family Nishikasai, east of Tokyo. "In a little 'should suspend the current area where I live, but water and gas work." As announced in a press conference Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan, starting from today until April there will be power cuts to streamline the use of electricity in large parts of Japan including Tokyo, as reported in the tables of rotation site of the Japanese power company TEPCO (Tokyo Electric Power Co).

This caused the temporary interruption of transport and normal activities in the city. On Twitter, people will exchange information on stocks that have more supermarkets or food that is better buy. "I bought a lot of food for me and my family, but people are scared and runs to stock up, so now the shelves are nearly empty.

I recommend eating all the frozen and not to buy more, "says Judit Kawaguchi, a journalist who lives in Tokyo. "Better to buy packaged products that do not require microwave heating. Meanwhile, many employees have decided to take some days off, fearing aftershocks and giving the alarm about the risks of nuclear assurances that the Japanese government are trying to control.

"I now go out only with the mask on his nose, that usually use for colds and allergies." Mariko Asai, an employee of 28 years who lives in Saitama prefecture, told of her experience, the earth shook again. "It seems that today there will be more severe shock. I feel sick, but now we're also getting used to this.

" Alessia Cerantola

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