NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation in English) has covered hundreds of natural disasters in Japan. NHK has eight broadcasting centers, 46 local stations, 14 helicopters on permanent standby all over the country, and 460 remote-controlled cameras at ports and other key locations from which it can beam live footage at any moment. (wow, I […] Continue Reading…
Kazuhiro Takahashi could be taken for a transient, scavenging for food, but he is just another hungry victim of Japan’s tsunami trying to find food for his family.
“I am so ashamed, but for three days we don’t have enough food. I have no money because my house was washed away […] Continue Reading…
Hours after the first shock waves hit, several of the largest crime groups in the Japanese mafia, opened their offices to those stranded in Tokyo, and shipped food, water, and blankets to the devastated areas.
The Inagawa-kai (the third largest organized crime group) sent twenty-five trucks filled with diapers, ramen, […] Continue Reading…
TEPCO (Tokyo Electric Power Company) officials say sea water entering the suppression chamber (containment vessel?) might be causing the pressure build up in reactor 3.
They noticed when spraying of sea water the pressure increased, also, when they stopped the pressure went down, but it is still higher than before the sea water was sprayed.
Honda is suspending May orders from U.S. Honda dealers.
Typically, dealers order cars six weeks in advance. Honda hopes to resume partial production in Japan by Wednesday, but doesn’t know when production will return to full capacity due to the developing nuclear disaster.
This will affect the availability of the Fit, CR-Z, Civic Hybrid, Insight, Acura […] Continue Reading…
In Midland, Texas, Liberty Tax Service was offering free tax preparations for anyone who contributed $50 of their return to The American Red Cross relief efforts in Japan.
Liberty Tax Service is a national sponsor of The American Red Cross.
Ask you local Liberty Tax Service if they will do the same where […] Continue Reading…
Japanes Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano, said milk & spinach from Fukushima & Ibaraki Prefectures.
Edano says they believe that none of the contaminated products made it into the supply chain, and down played any health risks.
Radioactive iodine and cesium have been detected in tap water, rain and air as far south as Tokyo. The announcement was made by scientists and the Ibaraki prefectural government, but down played any health risk.
Japanese officials have released figures of relief supplies from other countries.
The supplies include 25,000 blankets from Canada, 30,000 packets of boil-in-the-bag fried rice and 230,000 water bottles from South Korea, and 500 power generators from Taiwan.
When you realize that some of the cities that got hit with he quake/tsunami had a million […] Continue Reading…
Kyodo News reporting that in Miyagi Prefecture alone there could be 15,000 dead. That’s according to local police.
National police say the number of dead and missing is around 20,000. That doesn’t add up when compared to what local officials are reporting, especially when Miyagi Prefecture is reporting 15,000 dead.
The mayor of Otsuchi in Iwate […] Continue Reading…