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Japan: 'Research cannot predict the worst' - expert
World-leading disaster research at Japanese universities and scientific institutes proved to be inadequate in the face of the massive earthquake that shook the northern Tohoku region on 11 March. "This is something totally new to Japan and we were simply unprepared," acknowledged Professor Tokiyoshi Yamada, a disaster expert at Tokyo University.
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