Quake-affected firms introduce post-disaster undertakings

Quake-affected firms introduce post-disaster undertakings

SENDAI, Japan - An official of one of the Japanese companies affected by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami explains some of their post-disaster business undertakings during an academia-business symposium on regional reconstruction held in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on April 27, 2014.

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