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The folks at Southern California Public Radio made a nice video with Tony Tsukui, one of the Japanese businessmen and women who were here when the earthquake and tsunami struck Japan. His family is in Tokyo, but he talks about trying to get them to come here for at least a while. Some somber footage from Little Tokyo is included. Video link
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