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Radiation safety update
Click here for the latest updates to this post. There is an awful lot of panic and speculation regarding the situation at the Fukushima #1 (Daiichi) Nuclear Power Plant and in particular its possible...
View ArticlePower to the people?
After meeting with French President Nicolas Sarkozy today, PM Naoto Kan commented that Japan needs to debate whether Japan’s current electric utility system should exist in its current form. At...
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Local elections in Japan tomorrow – what and who to watch for
Tomorrow Japan will hold many, many local elections. The schedule is set by the central government, which prefers to hold all local elections around this time every four years. It’s sort of like...
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What the media invading the Fukushima evacuation zone says about our media...
Source: WSJ There have been many many reports of what it’s like at the earthquake-affected areas, and now there is a growing number of reports coming from inside the nuclear evacuation zone. According...
View ArticleA few more notes on energy conservation
During the very early stages of last month’s disaster I wrote A Note on Energy Conservation, in which I explained why, energy conservation in western Japan would have no immediate effect in relieving...
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Nishioka Calls on Kan to Resign, Many Follow
On May 19, the Yomiuri Shimbun evening edition ran an open letter by House of Councillors President Nishioka Takeo in which he called upon Prime Minister Kan Naoto to resign due to his handling of the...
View ArticlePost-quake nuclear bungling in context, seawater-gate edition
This week, Japan’s political news was dominated by a political fight between the LDP and DPJ over whether Prime Minister Kan, the day after the March 11 earthquake, ordered Tepco to stop flooding the...
View Article震災 SHINSAI-Theaters for Japan March 11, 2012
Two Japanese actress friends of mine here in NYC (note: this is all of the Japanese actresses I know in NYC) are involved in this theatrical production in honor of the one year anniversary of last...
View ArticleFukushima media looks back on disaster coverage, one year later
Last month I translated the first half of a very interesting round-table discussion for Nippon.com, consisting of several reporters and editors from local Fukushima media, discussing both the...
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My Chinese Bride (中国嫁日記) – an awesome manga blog I can relate to
Right now I am mostly immobile thanks to a herniated disc. I might blog about that later, but for now I want to share what has been keeping me entertained on my days stranded on the couch: It’s 中国嫁日記...
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