A team from Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, has determined that the Aneyoshi district of Miyako City, Iwate Prefecture, suffered the highest tsunami damage.
They found evidence that the surge hit 38.9 meters (127.6 feet). This beats the 115 year old record, held by the same prefecture, of 38.2 meters. That record was […] Continue Reading…
The Fukushima University will conduct high altitude radiation checks, using high altitude weather balloons.
On Friday they will release the balloon, it will take readings as high up as 30km (18.6 miles). Readings will be taken at 10 meter (32.8 feet) intervals.
The jet stream blows from east to west (towards North America). The testing will […] Continue Reading…
Con artists are scoring big in Japan, using the March 11 disasters to milk people of their hard earned money.
A woman in Kure City, Hiroshima, was tricked into donating 120,000 yen to a non-existent family.
A man in the Hokuriku area reports: “Several days ago, two men in business suits came to my house […] Continue Reading…
“My heart trembled. They looked just like my dog. I started searching for them right away.”-Ogino, a 56-year-old volunteer
While some Japanese label evacuees ‘hibakusha’ and publicly bully them, other Japanese are risking contamination to save the animals left behind.
Many members of dog clubs around Japan, were so moved by pictures of abandoned dogs, […] Continue Reading…
Another example of Japanese ignorance about radiation, an elementary student, who evacuated from the radiation zone, has been labeled a ‘hibakusha’, and bullied in a public park.
No one stopped it, but an anonymous caller reported it to the Funabashi school board. School board officials suggested that the bullying by the students was brought on […] Continue Reading…
The U.S. based World Bank says international food prices have entered the “danger zone”, and are heading towards the “tipping point”.
World Bank president, Robert Zoellick, blames in on several things.
People in countries where the economies are good, are buying more meat. The problem is that increasing meat production means more grain crops going to […] Continue Reading…
Finally, after weeks, local police and firefighters are searching for victims within 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) of the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuke plant.
300 personnel from Fukushima Prefecture have begun the operation. They are wearing protective gear. Some will dig through debris, while others monitor radiation levels. So far 10 bodies have been found.
Prime Minister Naoto Kan, apologized for a statement he never made. It concerned the possibility that people would not be able to return home in the radiation zones.
The statement was actually made by a special adviser to the Prime Minister, Kenichi Matsumoto, who had explained that the they were considering building what would be […] Continue Reading…
Tearing down, and cleaning up Fukushima Daiichi nuke plant will take ten years, according to the builder of the GE designed reactors, Toshiba, and that’s not until the current situation is brought under control.
Toshiba’s plan involves the help of four U.S. companies as well.
Phase one will likely to take several months to years. It […] Continue Reading…
”As there is believed to be around 20,000 tons of water (in the No. 2 reactor turbine building and the trench connected to it), we’re feeling the difficulty of lowering the level of the water in a stable manner.”-Nishiyama Hidehiko, Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency
It’s not just 20,000 tons of contaminated water in Reactor […] Continue Reading…