Kazuko Ohchi
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I'm a Japanese female and an English to Japanese translator. My favorites are traveling abroad, checking world news, flower arrangement (both Japanese style and European style), going out for lunch or dinner, speaking Chinese language and nice view of Victoria harbor in Hong Kong.
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18 December 2011
Kobe, Japan: Running Through a City Once Devastated
Kobe City was hit with a 7.3-magnitude earthquake on January 17, 1995. On November 20, 2011, the city held their first ever official marathon event, where more than 20,000 runners completed the 42.195km distance. Among them were 641 runners who came from the Tohoku region, which had been devastated by a 9.0-magnitude earthquake this March.
The controversy on this is just a very good illustration of frustrations that local artistes...