Jacinthe Martin says it took her a few days to reach "panic" status last March, as Japan's nuclear crisis deepened following its earthquake and tsunami. But the agitated news reports and frantic emails from friends finally pushed her - like many foreign residents of Tokyo - to abandon her adopted city for sanctuary overseas.
Ten days of "sound sleep" in her home town of Montreal were enough to convince Ms Martin, her Japanese husband and their two children that it was safe to return. But even a year later, she says, her normally cosmopolitan neighbourhood is missing some of its international flavour. (FT.com)
Jacinthe Martin says it took her a few days to reach "panic" status last March, as Japan's nuclear crisis deepened following its earthquake and tsunami. But the agitated news reports and frantic emails from friends finally pushed her - like many foreign residents of Tokyo - to abandon her adopted city for sanctuary overseas.
Ten days of "sound sleep" in her home town of Montreal were enough to convince Ms Martin, her Japanese husband and their two children that it was safe to return. But even a year later, she says, her normally cosmopolitan neighbourhood is missing some of its international flavour. (FT.com)