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Japan 'forced open' by disaster

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Is the conservatism of Japanese culture acting as a hindrance to the country's recovery from the earthquake and tsunami?

Justin Webb reports from Japan on whether cultural ideas of respect for authority are being questioned in the wake of disaster.


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