34 spots top Chernobyl evacuation standard : National : DAILY YOMIURI ONLINE (The Daily Yomiuri)
Update: Fukushima prefecture has created a new website with information about the dangers of radiation (mouse-tip to Lenz Blog). The website includes a map, government pamphlets and FAQs about radioactive risks. Below is from the Daily Yomiuri: Soil at 34 spots in six Fukushima Prefecture municipalities has been contaminated with levels of radioactive cesium higher [...]
Anti-Ozawa votes put Noda over : National : DAILY YOMIURI ONLINE (The Daily Yomiuri)
From the Daily Yomiuri Online. (I like the “observers said” quote. I was an observer, too, and I said the same thing!) The victory of Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda in a runoff election for the Democratic Party of Japan leadership Monday signified a refusal by a majority of party lawmakers to restore visible influence to [...]
Japan tsunami and earthquake: Pictures of recovery 3 months later | Mail Online
Japan tsunami and earthquake: Pictures of recovery 3 months later | Mail Online. Remarkable photos tell their own story. Update: But then there’s another side to the story: 90,000 in shelters; most debris still uncleared 3 months on says the Daily Yomiuri this morning. The entire article consists of “buts” (quoted below). And here’s another [...]
World critical of Japans failure to disclose info : National : DAILY YOMIURI ONLINE The Daily Yomiuri
The 5th installment of Yomiuri newspaper’s series on the Fukushima nuclear crisis. As mentioned before, these articles contain interesting content, but overall they are somewhat confusing, or possibly confused. The articles seem to be trying to find fault, yet they also include information that seems to refute the criticism. For example, TEPCO has in earlier [...]
Absent TEPCO execs slowed crucial action : National : DAILY YOMIURI ONLINE (The Daily Yomiuri)
(Update: First installment is here. I’m still not sure what to make of this article, or the first installment. The headline seems to be a direct and unequivocal criticism of TEPCO management, yet the details revealed in the article do not add up to clear guilt at all. If anything, the slow response was almost [...]
Autumn at Sheffield Park Gardens, East Sussex
Autumn at Sheffield Park Gardens, East Sussex Originally uploaded by Anguskirk In a November 4th article in the Daily Yomiuri, Mike Guest wrote about marked language: “phrases like, “Japan’s four seasons” instead of the seasons, or “American joke” for any joke told by a foreigner. Marked by redundancy. ” Many Japanese will insist that Japan [...]
