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Thursday, November 10, 2011

Japan Discusses Plans to Build "Backup Tokyo"

First they build life-size giant robots, now they plan to build a backup Tokyo. I guess they know something that we don't.
An October meeting of high-ranking Japanese politicians showed how fearful they are of a similar quake hitting Tokyo. The parliament members birthed the idea of creating a backup Tokyo – what they referred to as a “substitute capital.” “The idea of being able to have a back-up, a spare battery for the functions of the nation, isn’t this a really good idea?” Hajime Ishii, a member of Japan’s ruling Democratic Party, asked as he unveiled the plan.