{"id":21422,"date":"2011-09-07T10:09:36","date_gmt":"2011-09-07T14:09:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=21422"},"modified":"2011-09-07T10:09:36","modified_gmt":"2011-09-07T14:09:36","slug":"slate-com-series-can-japan-recover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2011\/09\/07\/slate-com-series-can-japan-recover\/","title":{"rendered":"Slate.com series:  &#8220;Can Japan Recover?&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s an excellent <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/id\/2302757\/entry\/2302766\/\">ongoing series<\/a> on Slate.com titled <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/id\/2302757\/entry\/2302766\/\">&#8220;Can Japan Recover?&#8221;<\/a><\/strong> by <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.therealtravelblog.com\/\">Daisann McLane<\/a><\/strong> as she travels through various areas of Tohoku. \u00a0McLane is traveling and writing about Japan as a guest of the <strong>Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/id\/2302757\/entry\/2302766\/\">Sendai Rising From the Wreckage<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/id\/2302757\/entry\/2302767\/\">The Fishermen of Fukushima<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/id\/2302757\/entry\/2302931\/\">The New Fear of Food<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I&#8217;m exploring recovering Japan as a guest of the Japan National Tourism Organization. Tourism here\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.globalpost.com\/dispatch\/news\/regions\/asia-pacific\/japan\/110726\/japan-nuclear-fukushima-tourism\" target=\"_blank\">dropped through the floor<\/a> in the first three months after what&#8217;s now being called the &#8220;Triple Disaster&#8221;\u2014earthquake, tsunami, Fukushima. The tourism board was so eager for upbeat stories they offered to send me anywhere I wanted over the course of a week. I emailed them a decidedly non-upbeat itinerary: Sendai, Fukushima, Tokyo. To my surprise, and to their credit, they said no problem. 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