Kyoto-based academic German Cheung adopted a "better safe than sorry" approach to the prospect of an earthquake in Japan in early July, despite having traveled to his hometown in Hong Kong just two months earlier.For his escape, the 47-year-old associate professor of international relations spent 35,000 yen ($243) on a return ticket to Hong Kong departing Friday, one day before a seismic calamity was predicted to occur. He plans to return to Japan next week.Since January, soothsayers in Hong Kong have talked up potential natural disasters in Japan, with the feng shui practitioners -- who ge…READ FULL ARTICLE
