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Postquake Sendai Booms with Rebound Spending
In Sendai economic activity has revived since the March Great East Japan Earthquake. Department stores like Fujisaki report rising May and June sales, locals buy luxury foods, cars, and new outings as reconstruction boosts commerce. Kokubuncho in Aoba Ward shows the strongest postdisaster spending surge since the 1980s bubble era. A high school band plans a Roses Parade benefit tour to aid northern Japan.
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Fujisaki
Sendai
Izumi Ward
Kokubuncho
Aoba
Momoka Hirai
Kyoto Tachibana High School
Green Band of Japan
Anaheim
Calif
Green Band Association
Japan
United States