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By Karl-Friedrich Lenz

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Situation in Tokyo:
We see Japanese companies and Japanese workers – including our company Eurotechnology-Japan here in Tokyo - working almost normally throughout the period of after-quakes. A notable exception is the account settlement IT system of Mizuho-Bank which apparently has broken down.
Electricity savings by the population were beyond expectations, so that planned electricity cuts have been largely avoided – most electricity cuts were announced but not implemented – the electricity keeps flowing in most areas, especially in the central areas.
While many long-term foreign residents remained in Tokyo, a large fraction of temporary foreigners left either to Osaka, or left Japan altogether.
The departure of some foreigners (and some Japanese) has not been un-noticed.
One Japanese surgeon (medical doctor), who had stayed at the bedside of patients throughout the quake, broke down in tears telling me about a colleague leaving Tokyo during the after-quakes.

I share the sentiment expressed in the above description. Foreigners heading for the exits at full speed is not helping, to say the least.

I am a customer of Mizuho Bank. That means that they have not processed my last wage payment from the university, leaving me with less funds than expected under normal circumstances. But that’s about it, as far as I’m concerned personally.

Full post as published by Lenz Blog on March 22, 2011 (boomark / email).