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03-18-2011, 08:57 PM
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The 'kamikaze' have always been a prototype of Japan culture. The same today? Hmmm. |
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03-18-2011, 09:11 PM
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Being willing to die for the good of the country goes far beyond the boundaries of Japan.
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03-19-2011, 07:39 AM
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19 March 2011 Last updated at 03:12 GMT
Japan earthquake: Tsunami survivor found eight days on Rescuers have found a survivor of Japan's earthquake and tsunami, eight days after the disaster devastated coastal areas in the north. The young man was found in the city of Kesennuma, in Miyagi prefecture - one of the hardest-hit regions - Japan's NHK broadcaster reported. The quake and the tsunami it triggered has killed at least 7,200 people. About 11,000 more remain missing. The disaster also damaged a nuclear plant raising fears of radiation leaks. The survivor, identified as Katsuharu Moriya and aged in his 20s, was rescued from the second floor of a wrecked house on Saturday, NHK reported. He is said to be in a stable condition but was in shock and unable to speak. He has been taken to a nearby hospital for treatment. One rescuer told the Associated Press news agency: "I found a man wrapped in a blanket. He was physically exhausted." Earlier, it had been believed that heavy snowfalls had all but ended hopes of rescuing anyone from the rubble. Alert raised Millions of people have been affected by the 9.0-magnitude quake and tsunami. Many survivors have been left without water, electricity, fuel or enough food; hundreds of thousands are homeless. Meanwhile engineers are attempting to restart the cooling systems of reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, which were crippled by the quake. They have been spraying water to cool overheating reactors and spent fuel rods, to curb the release of radiation. There are fears over four of the six reactors. A nuclear and industrial safety agency official said: "We are scheduled to restore electricity at number 1 and 2 [reactors] today. "Reactors number 5 and 6 also will be powered today. They are scheduled to restore power to number 3 and 4 tomorrow (Sunday)." On Friday the government raised the alert level at the plant from four to five on a seven-point international scale of atomic incidents. Japanese nuclear officials said core damage to reactors 2 and 3 had prompted the move. The operator Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco) has said it was not ruling out the option of entombing the plant in concrete to prevent more radiation leaks - a similar method was used after the world's worst nuclear accident in Chernobyl in 1986. Prime Minister Naoto Kan said in a television address on Friday: "We will rebuild Japan from scratch. We must all share this resolve." He said the natural disaster and nuclear crisis were a "great test for the Japanese people", but exhorted them all to persevere. The government has now conceded it was too slow in dealing with the nuclear crisis. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano accepted that "in hindsight, we could have moved a little quicker in assessing the situation and coordinating all that information and provided it faster". EDIT: An update on this story, just after my post -- Rescue reports found to be inaccurate SENDAI, Japan, March 19, Kyodo News reports about a man rescued from his house eight days after the mega earthquake in Japan made urgent headlines around the world Saturday, but it has been found that he had returned home the previous day after staying at an evacuation center, according to his family. He had been staying in the shelter since the quake and tsunami hit the coastal city on March 11, and returned home in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, around noon Friday to clean it up. |
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03-19-2011, 07:41 AM
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The 'kamikaze' have always been a prototype of Japan culture. |
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03-19-2011, 07:46 AM
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Regular updates:
NHK World http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/ Kyodo news agency http://english.kyodonews.jp/news/japan_quake/ BBC News -- http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12307698 |
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03-19-2011, 07:53 AM
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Aid Agencies Helping Tohoku Survivors
Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) Donations: 800-424-ADRA (2372) Donations address: ADRA International, 12501 Old Columbia Pike, Silver Spring MD 20904 Website: http://www.adra.org All Hands Volunteers Donations: 919-830-3573 Donations address: PO Box 546, Carlisle MA 01741 Website: http://www.hands.org/donate/japan-tsunami American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Donations: 212-687-6200 Donations address: 132 E. 43rd St PO Box 530, New York NY 10017 Website: http://jdc.org American Red Cross Donations: 1-800-RED-CROSS Donations address: PO Box 37243, Washington DC 20013 Website: http://www.redcross.org AmeriCares Donations: 203-658-9500 Donations address: 88 Hamilton Ave, Stamford CT 06902 Website: http://americares.org Ananda Marga Universal Relief Team (AMURT) Donations: 301-738-7122 Donations address: AMURT, 2502 Lindley Ter, Rockville MD 20850 Website: http://amurt.us Baptist World Alliance/Baptist World Aid Donations: 703-790-8980 Donations address: 405 N. Washington St, Falls Church VA 22046 Website: http://www.bwanet.org Brother's Brother Foundation Donations: 412-321-3160 Donations address: 1200 Galveston Ave, Pittsburgh PA 15233 Website: http://brothersbrother.org Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation Donations: 1-888-989-8244 Donations address: Tzu Chi USA HQ, 1100 S Valley Center Ave, San Dimas CA 91773 Website: http://www.us.tzuchi.org/usa/home.ns.../donateCharity Catholic Relief Services Donations: 1-877-HELP-CRS Donations address: PO Box 17090, Baltimore MD 21203-7090 Website: http://crs.org Christian Reformed World Relief Committee Donations: 800-55-CRWRC Donations address: CRWRC, 2850 Kalamazoo Ave SE, Grand Rapids MI 49560-0600 Website: http://www.crwrc.org Church World Service Donations: 1-800-297-1516 Donations address: PO Box 968, Elkhart IN 46515 Website: http://www.churchworldservice.org Direct Relief International Donations: 805-964-4767 Donations address: 27 S. La Patera Ln, Santa Barbara CA 93117 Website: http://www.DirectRelief.org Giving Children Hope Donations: 714-523-4454 Donations address: 8332 Commonwealth Ave, Buena Park CA 90621 Website: http://gchope.org Habitat for Humanity International Donations: 1-800-Habitat Donations address: 270 Peachtree St NW Suite 1300, Atlanta GA 30303-1263 Website: http://habitat.org International Medical Corps Donations: 800-481-4462 Donations address: 1919 Santa Monica Blvd Suite 400, Santa Monica CA 90404 Website: http://internationalmedicalcorps.org International Rescue Committee Donations: 1-877-REFUGEE (733-8433) Donations address: 122 E. 42nd St, New York NY 10168 Website: http://www.rescue.org Mercy Corps Donations: 800-852-2100 Donations address: Dept. NR, PO Box 2669, Portland OR 97208 Website: https://www.mercycorps.org/donate/japan Operation Blessing Donations: 800-730-2537 Donations address: 977 Centerville Tpke, Virginia Beach VA 23463 Website: http://www.operationblessing.org Relief International Donations: 310-478-1200 Donations address: 5455 Wilshire Blvd Suite 1280, Los Angeles CA 90036 Website: http://www.ri.org Save the Children Donations: 1-800-728-3843 Donations address: 54 Wilton Rd, Westport CT 06880 Website: http://savethechildren.org World Vision, U.S. Donations: 1-800-777-5777 Donations address: Federal Way, WA 98063 Website: http://www.worldvision.org Google resources related to the 2011 Japan Crisis http://www.google.com/crisisresponse...quake2011.html A Japanese NGO, Jen http://www.jen-npo.org/en/index.html |
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03-25-2011, 09:10 PM
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Japan reactor core may be leaking radioactive material, official says
March 25, 2011 1:35 p.m. EDT By the CNN Wire Staff Tokyo (CNN) -- Authorities in Japan raised the prospect Friday of a likely breach in the all-important containment vessel of the No. 3 reactor at the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, a potentially ominous development in the race to prevent a large-scale release of radiation. Contaminated water likely seeped through the containment vessel protecting the reactor's core, said Hidehiko Nishiyama of the Japan Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency. Three employees working near the No. 3 reactor Thursday stepped into water that had 10,000 times the amount of radiation typical for a nuclear plant, Nishiyama said. An analysis of the contamination suggests "some sort of leakage" from the reactor core, signaling a possible break of the containment vessel that houses the core, he said. The workers have been hospitalized and work inside the reactor building has been halted, according to the agency. Work inside two other reactor buildings also had to stop and workers had to be pulled back Friday after the discovery of high levels of radiation in water at those locations, a Tokyo Electric Power Company official said Saturday. Water is still being pumped into the containment vessels, the utility official said. read full story and see video: http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapc...ss_igoogle_cnn |
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03-26-2011, 04:28 AM
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The confirmed and presumed death toll now stands at above 27,000. More than 300,000 are homeless. It will take up to five years to rebuild, and cost almost 5% of Japan's GDP, making the costliest disaster since WWII.
An incredible photographic essay from The Atlantic -- http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2...-later/100034/ |
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03-26-2011, 04:42 AM
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Three employees working near the No. 3 reactor Thursday stepped into water that had 10,000 times the amount of radiation typical for a nuclear plant, Nishiyama said. I read this several times and cannot believe it, if it means what it seems to mean. What could be "10,000 times the amount of radiation typical for a nuclear plant" mean? Does it really mean that this nuclear plant is hyper-radioactive, or is this a poorly structured sentence, or am I missing something?
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03-26-2011, 02:11 PM
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