In Minami-soma, most of which is located in a voluntary-evacuation zone, half the city's 70, 000 residents have left, including 70% of its children.

在南相马市(Minami-soma),公立学校大多位于自愿疏散区，在这所城市有一半的居民，约70000人，已经离去，而其中70%带走了自己的孩子。

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"The numbers turned out quite weak, " said Takeshi Minami from the Norinchukin Research Institute in Tokyo.

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But according to the latest reports, in the Miyagi Prefecture town of Minami-Sanriku alone, some 10, 000 people are missing.

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"Given troubled ties between Japan and China, the environment surrounding exports to China could become even tougher, " Mr Minami said.

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