Miyagi gov't wants Tohoku region to carry out capital's crisis management functions (by Mainichi Shimbun)

SENDAI -- The Miyagi Prefectural Government is set to urge the national government to relocate some of Japan's capital functions to the quake- and tsunami-hit Tohoku region in northeastern Honshu as part of its restoration plan, local government sources said.

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