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In Akihabara, giant screens blared happy tunes to deserted streets as a life-threatening typhoon approached Japan.
Osaka expressway emptied as world leaders gather in the city of millions.
Google Japan has announced that it is now possible for Google Maps users to access street view images of Namie, a coastal town in Fukushima that was severely affected by the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami before being completely evacuated when the nearby Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant went critical.
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