Killing Whales Matters More Than Saving People: William Pesek – Bloomberg
Japan spent about 2.28 billion yen on whaling hunting expeditions from funds allocated for recovery from the earthquake and tsunami. It’s a drop in the proverbial bucket, given that the government plans to spend at least $300 billion rebuilding the Tohoku region via Killing Whales Matters More Than Saving People: William Pesek – Bloomberg. I [...]
Earthquake not a factor in Fukushima accident
The tsunami of 11 March was the ‘direct cause’ of the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, concluded an official investigation report. It dismissed the idea that earthquake damage was a major factor in the accident. A safe emergency shutdown was achieved within seconds of the magnitude 9.0 earthquake, said the Fukushima Nuclear [...]
よくある質問Q&A：X 市公式ホームページ X-City Official Homepage
Alerted by EX-SKF blog, I found my city in a list of cities (published by AERA magazine, the list is replicated here – in Japanese only – with cities that have since withdrawn from the scheme highlighted in red) that had accepted a government request (back in April) to accept debris from the earthquake/tsunami area. [...]
No livestock farmers apply for government help | The Japan Times Online
What the….? SENDAI — No livestock farmers in the four prefectures worst hit by the March disaster have applied for a government aid program to help them resume operating, apparently because the qualification terms make it impossible, local authorities said.Under the support program, the government offers subsidies to livestock farmers to remove tsunami debris and [...]
死者・不明者 ２万３１９人 NHKニュース
警察庁によりますと、東日本大震災の死者と行方不明者の数は合わせて２万３１９人に上っています via 死者・不明者 ２万３１９人 NHKニュース. Death toll from March 11 earthquake and tsunami now at 20,319. I recommend the following guides: Brett Kelly’s “Evernote Essentials 3.0″, Dan Gold’s $5 guides to Getting Everything Done with Evernote and Springpad, and DocumentSnap Solutions’ Paperless Document Organization Guides. Be sure to try DocumentSnap’s free email course on going paperless [...]
Quake in Japan Causes Costly Shift to Fossil Fuels – NYTimes.com
Back to the Future! Fumes be damned, we need those kilowatts! YOKOSUKA, Japan — The half-century-old, oil-fueled power generators here had been idle for more than a year when, a day after the nuclear accident in March, orders came from Tokyo Electric Power headquarters to fire them up. “They asked me how long it would [...]
Many Kesennuma evacuees fled tsunami by car : National : DAILY YOMIURI ONLINE The Daily Yomiuri
”However, people probably jumped into their cars because they wanted to escape as quickly as possible.” No s**t, Sherlock! Ya think? Ya think they maybe knew a tsunami was on the cards soon after an earthquake like that? More examples of people taking their own initiative. The Kesennuma municipal government had called on its citizens to [...]
Japan’s Necessary Nuclear Future | The Diplomat
The Diplomat tackles the thorny issue of Japan’s energy needs and how they can be met. The people’s outrage at the nuclear industry is understandable. However, while this is hardly a time that lends itself to thoughtful reflection, that is precisely what is in order. Before the earthquake, Japan produced a third of its electricity [...]
EX-SKF Financial and Economic News, Data, Links, Analysis and Commentary
EX-SKF Financial and Economic News, Data, Links, Analysis and Commentary. (mousetip Marketing Japan). An excellent blog, well designed, well written, up to date, links (and quotes) in the original Japanese language. I just won’t bother from now on – this guy (or gal) does a much better job than I ever could. Update: there’s even [...]
Fukushima residents dump radiated soil in absence of plan – Yahoo! News
I have mixed feelings about this news. On the one hand, it shows an increasing distrust of central government, and a slightly (but not equivalently) increasing self-reliance and personal initiative.And the ruling class, in whatever culture, are always aghast at the idea of “ordinary” citizens taking matters into their own hands. They don’t want this. [...]
