After the Tsunami: Progress from SVP Tokyo

“It’s clear that the Japanese people are still shocked,” says Bob Ness, SVP Seattle partner, about the daunting task ahead for Japan’s disaster recovery. Bob and his wife Maryann recently visited Japan and did not find many Japanese willing to talk deeply about the tsunami disaster.

SVP Tokyo founder and Chair, Hide Inoue and his wife, Yuki visited the Fukushima area not long before they met with Bob and Maryann. Hide said that they were completely unprepared for the level of devastation, and their own emotional response to the losses that people experienced there.

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