The Japanese Sure Can Clean Up

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Jun 102011

Take a look at some of the before-and-after photos from the tsunami:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2001984/Japan-tsunami-earthquake-Pictures-recovery-3-months-later.html

As was pointed out on Fark, the’ve done more in three months than New Orleans did in three years.

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