METI Chief Tells Tepco To Get House In Order First
Last night, there was an NHK documentary about the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. It included footage of the tsunami sweeping into the town taken by eye-witnesses, including some who were in their cars trying to escape at the time. Horrifying, and yet some miraculous escapes. In places, such as where the stream of water [...]
Be objective, not sensationalist, foreign media told | The Japan Times Online
It’s official: foreign media sensationalized the Fukushima crisis and were even factually wrong. Shock! Horror! Shorely not!! Interestingly, or perversely, some foreigners in Japan seemed to believe the sensationalist press rather than the restrained Japanese one, precisely because the restrained reports gave the impression of witholding information, leading to mistrust. Tokyo has been asking foreign media [...]
Rural sports complex turns into base camp for nuclear workers | The Japan Times Online
The Japan Times provides more details of the working conditions at Fukushima, and reports on Kan’s visit there. Update:I don’t think this is the complete truth, but this article and others on the same subject seem to indicate that the government and TEPCo are aware of people’s concern and anxiety over a) the workers on [...]
The Struggle for a New Japan | The Diplomat
Another article cautiously praising the Japanese government’s response to the recent disaster (although after quickly glancing through the contents, it looks to be little more than a re-hash of what Karel von Wolferen wrote the other day): There are three things that stand out about the current Japanese response that distinguish it sharply from the [...]
2011/03/31 13:00 – No Immediate Plan To Expand Evacuation Zone Despite IAEA Findings: Edano
(2011/3/31 11:36 is the time stamp for the (original?) Japanese article. Nikkei English articles do not have a time stamp.) TOKYO (Dow Jones)–Japan has no immediate plan to expand the evacuation zone around the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant despite finding higher-than-permitted levels of radiation in a village 10 kilometers away from the current zone, [...]
Govt may spray resin on N-plant / Sticky material should keep down radiation : National : DAILY YOMIURI ONLINE (The Daily Yomiuri)
Commenter on this blog, Aldritch Parsons, suggested on March 30 some kind of tent of dome over the reactors to contain or limit the diffusion of radioactive materials. And today, I read on the Yomiuri (via the very useful NewsOnJapan.com): The government will likely go ahead with a plan to spray resin inside the troubled [...]
原発建屋に布、汚染水回収にタンカー案 政府が検討 ：日本経済新聞
Looks like they’re going to go with the tanker plan, according to Edano’s announcement today, March 30th, a.m.: 枝野幸男官房長官は30日午前の記者会見で、東京電力福島第１原子力発電所の事故で建屋が崩壊した１、３、４号機について布で覆って放射性物質の拡散を防ぐ案を検討していることを明らかにした。政府はタービン建屋や外の坑道にたまった放射性物質を大量に含む汚染水をタンカーで回収する案も検討している。 via 原発建屋に布、汚染水回収にタンカー案 政府が検討 ：日本経済新聞. 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 [...]
Nearby seawater radioactive | The Japan Times Online
The Japanese government reports on the radioactivity in the sea near the Fukushima plant. Radioactive materials that exceeded regulation levels have been found in seawater around the endangered Fukushima nuclear plant, but government officials offered reassurances Tuesday they will not have an immediate effect on peoples health.The impact on marine resources is not yet known, Chief [...]
