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EARTHQUAKE in Tokyo
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Direct link to start of quake photos - You can return to the main site by clicking on the 4WARND logo at the top of the gallery pages.
10/1/2011 1:13pm - Another page, this project is stretching a bit further than I'd originally thought it would. I keep thinking that things will slowly drop below my new threshold of vigilance but something always seems to catch my eye. Take for example the graphic below. I found it on a site reporting the information but on the governmental agency's site from which it comes I can't find it at all. Additionally do you notice anything odd? Perhaps you've noticed the dearth of information for Tokyo and Kanagawa (where Yokohama and Kawasaki are). It strikes me more than a bit odd that 6 months into this they have no information for the areas where roughly 34 million people live. One of the reasons that I am more than a little skeptical of the government's efforts to inform us of what is, and has been, going on. (Seriously, "areas without data"?)
Cesium fallout map illustrates Kanto levels - The article states that the ministry plans to release data about Tokyo and Kanagawa by the end of October but you would have thought it would have been a bit more of a priority.
Japan 'scared' of telling truth to Fukushima evacuees
Fukushima desolation worst since Nagasaki
Japan lifts some nuclear evacuation advisories
Radioactive hotspots found in prefectures neighboring Tokyo
Plutonium traces found in Iitate soil
Chiba teen in trouble for selling radioactive key holder - On the other side of radiation worries, a bit of silliness. A law concerning radiation hazards that goes after tritium in a keychain fob even though they know they're not dangerous. (tritium markers are in many watches, exit signs, keychain fobs, and even gun sights) I find this a strange juxtaposition with the lack of radiation concerns and reporting by the government on other isotopes that are in fact dangerous.
Small Japanese factory has answer to next quake and tsunami: Noah's Ark shaped like a ball - Serious business it may be but it makes me smile nonetheless.
11/5/2011 1:06pm - Well the expected update for the radiation levels in Tokyo and Kanagawa (from above article) is proving difficult to find. The MEXT site (government ministry site where it should be) is not the easiest to navigate and I've not seen anything in the news. Maybe the government is thinking if they ignore it or hide their heads long enough it will all 'blow away' as it were. It's not really a surprise, actually none of the following articles are all that surprising, disappointing, frustrating, pick your favorite adjective, but not surprising.
For Japanese, Fukushima spells fear
Fallout levels twice estimate: study
Yokohama City confirms strontium-90 existence in three locations
One Tokyo neighborhood still oblivious to radiation hot spot
Citizens' Testing Finds 20 Hot Spots Around Tokyo
Adachi school drainpipe has mini hot spot
Mini hot spot emerges in Kashiwa
Radioactive Used Cars Being Sold in Japan
Japan cities face growing radioactive ash, troubles ahead
Forests to be used to store radioactive soil / Agency to let local govts open temporary sites
Aftershocks threatened No. 4 fuel pool
Possible new 'fission' found at Japan's wrecked nuclear plant
In case of emergency: Japan discusses plans to build 'backup Tokyo' - Good video but not about the 'backup Tokyo'(from 60 minutes).
Japanese nuclear company twists public opinion
Reactors 1-4 to take 30 years to scrap: panel - If I read this correctly it could be 40+ years so why would you title the article '30 years'? (rhetorical)
Crisis spokesman drinks decontaminated water - Ballsy, that's all I will say.
Yakuza gangsters looking to feast on Tohoku construction pie
Spontaneous debris fires add to Tohoku woes
Japan kerosene heater sales surge on power worries
Up to 20 million tons of tsunami debris headed for U.S. shores
Nuke-zone plots worthless in terms of inheritance - Land in disaster area basically nontaxable - Seriously, they're worried about taxing people whose property has been leveled and nuked.
Japan agonises over joining a possibly radical free-trade area - Yes you read right, "tariff on rice imports of nearly 800%."
TPP debate boils down to clash between business, farm sectors
Policies to take big bite out of income from 2013
Special Report: In Japan, a foreigner speaks out - This is a piece on business; more for a bit of perspective on how things work, or don't, over here.
8/5/2013 9:41am - I never did find those radiation reports promised by the government shown like the map above. What was released is sufficiently convoluted that we still know hardly anything. I'm posting this only because of a number of reminders lately. Last night there was a magnitude 6 quake not too far from the original site and there have been a fair number of "bad news" articles being released about the Dai Ichi nuclear plant, steam leaks, ground radiation, leaks into the ocean, etc. I'm just going to put a few links below. This is old news for the rest of the world so many of my previous links have vanished. For those of you still following, one of the easier sources to check is http://www.newsonjapan.com/.
Magnitude-6.0 earthquake jolts Miyagi prefecture in Japan
YouTube video - Radiation Still Poses Danger Around the Ruins of Fukushima
Fukushima clean-up turns toxic for Japan's Tepco - "Tokyo Electric Power confronts many unknowns at crippled plant * Japanese public also in the dark over clean-up, say critics * Utility says radiation makes it hard to reach all parts of facility * Says trying to explain clean-up problems to the public * Chair of third party panel blames incompetence, not deliberate policy"
High-Level Cesium Found Deep Underground at Fukushima N-Plant
Fukushima plant may have leaked huge amount of radioactive tritium
Fukushima reactor site engulfed by steam
Graphing Earthquake, Radiation and Water Data in Japan - "The Radiation Graphs are made from data from monitoring posts setup by the Prefectural Offices, TEPCO and NISA. I am focusing on these as they are only in Japanese and provide a different view on the MEXT Radiation Data that everyone else is graphing. Please note that the graphs do have different scales depending on the data. All Radiation readings are converted to μSv/h for consistency."
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