Word: matsushima
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Kazutoshi Ito, head of the National Land Agency's disaster division, told journalists that sending soldiers into local governments' jurisdiction would have smacked of ``a return to prewar militarism.'' But the commander of Japanese defense forces in the region, Lieut. General Yusuke Matsushima, brushed tears from his eyes when he apologized in public last week. ``People said, Why didn't you help us sooner?'' he recounted. ``I understand, but it was--the situation...
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