If the atmosphere in Tokyo at the moment is relatively radiation-free — it is said to be less than in the cabin of the aircraft which flew us here — the mood among the local population is one of getting on with life.
If the atmosphere in Tokyo at the moment is relatively radiation-free — it is said to be less than in the cabin of the aircraft which flew us here — the mood among the local population is one of getting on with life. Apparently, they collectively held their breaths (and stopped drinking the water) for about 24 hours at the time of the earthquake, and then turned what was left of their attention to abusing the Tokyo Electric Power Company.
One of the things they have got on with is attending concerts of Western music. This will come as bad news to all the groups who decided to cancel their recent tours to Japan on grounds of danger to health — quite a long list, headed by James Levine and several of his top soloists from the Metropolitan Opera in New York; with Philippe Herreweghe and the Collegium Vocale of Gent coming somewhere in the middle.
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