Japan's Tohoku region fights back through Twitter after Minister's gaffe

Following the news that Japan's disaster reconstruction minister Masahiro Imamura had made another gaffe at the expense of the residents of the country's Tohoku region, netizens took to Twitter to fight back.Imamura resigned Wednesday, a day after saying it was "a good thing" Japan's devastating March 2011 earthquake and tsunami struck the country's northeast, rather than the Tokyo area.Twitter came alive with residents of Tohoku posting their own images and thoughts on why Tohoku is a good thing, under the hashtag #東北でよかった (it was good that it was Tohoku).As of 2 p.m. Wednesday, the…READ FULL ARTICLE