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Rising to the Challenge

In "Handling the big exodus out of Japan," I found not only a very good interview but great insight on how one expat handled the media hype and the departure (a.k.a. mass exodus) of foreigners from Japan during the aftermath of the 3/11 earthquake and tsunami.

[Via The Gaijin Pot] A few hours after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, Joseph Webber’s phone started ringing. It has hardly stopped since. As managing director of Santa Fe Relocations Japan, Webber has found himself and his team inundated with calls from clients wanting to move out of Japan or just relocate to another city in Japan.Unlike other relocation companies, Santa Fe offers a greater range of services, including tenancy management, as well as helping clients get visas and re-entry permits.All those services have been in demand.

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