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Tokyo mayor: Tsunami was “divine punishment”

Tokyo mayor: Tsunami was “divine punishment”

By Tue, Mar 15, 2011 11:26AM UTC View Comments Tokyo mayor: Tsunami was “divine punishment”

Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara told reporters March 14 that the March 11 earthquake and tsunami was “punishment from heaven” because the Japanese people had become greedy.* Ishihara is a follower of Buddhism and Shinto. Ishihara also told Tokyo residents not to panic about the danger of radiation exposure from the Fukushima nuclear power plants: “Due to radioactive discharge at the...

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