'Japanese unite in show of self-restrain'

from bbc...........

"It is cherry blossom season in Japan and the parks are filled with pink clouds of flowers, held up on the dark, dark trunks.

In a normal year the open space under the trees would be covered with blue tarpaulin sheets, every square inch taken up with people eating and drinking.

But in the face of calamity the Japanese have adopted a mood of self-restraint.

This is not the year for partying.

Just a handful of people were sitting under the cherry blossom in Tokyo's Ueno Park, and most were sombre"............read it here