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Old Mar 16, 2011 | 2:40 pm
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Originally Posted by FLLDL
For the late onset of hoarding/fleeing, I think this is due to the increasing feeling that the government and TEPCO are not being forthcoming with information. Japan has a long history of playing down bad news in the name of saving face, and their nuclear industry in particular has been guilty of this on several occasions.

On my flight ex-NRT yesterday there were quite a few longterm expats who had decided it was time to cut bait due to the uncertainty.
Your spot on why people are fleeing especially now when you have a government like the US telling people within 80km to get out or seal themselves inside. It feels like the rest of the world knows more than the Government/TEPCO or they are just hiding the info they really have...
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