Unyielding determination engraved in official documents as a "black market old man" Laws and regulations overstepped by the legendary Vice Minister of Land in the wake of the Great East Japan Earthquake just 53 days after taking office <Re-distribution> | Politics, Economics, Investment | Toyo Keizai Online

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In the wake of the Great East Japan Earthquake in March 2011, Hideo Tokuyama, director of the Tohoku Regional Development Bureau of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, led the restoration of the site with bold decisions and extralegal measures.

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