Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), the operator of Japan’s stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, said Tuesday it plans to ask the country’s nuclear watch group for permission to restart two of its offline nuclear reactors at a different location. All but two of Japan’s 50 nuclear reactors are offline in the wake of the … Read more
We already know that megaquakes can level cities and launch tsunamis, but they’ve now been implicated in the sinking of volcanoes in Chile and Japan as well. Play Video Two teams of scientists working independently on volcanoes in Japan and Chile discovered that after mega earthquakes in 2011 and 2010, some nearby volcanoes dropped as … Read more
NAGASAKI/HIROSHIMA – “I wonder if I can ever have children in the future?” These words were written in a note from a Fukushima high school girl to 83-year-old Masahito Hirose in the fall of 2011, outlining her worries about the health effects from radiation. The girl and her classmates had visited Nagasaki on a school … Read more
TOKYO — A strong earthquake shook Japan on Saturday near the southwestern city of Kobe, leaving 22 people injured, seven of them seriously – mostly elderly tripping while trying to flee, police said. No one was killed. The magnitude 6.3 quake left some homes with rooftop tiles broken and cracked walls, while goods fell off … Read more
By Scott Carlson For a lesson in the compounding effects of surprising events, go back to a March afternoon in 2011: A powerful earthquake hits 40 miles off the eastern coast of Japan. The country’s building codes ensure that most structures can cope with even this major stress, but a resulting tsunami pounds the shore, … Read more
レスキュージャパンは１２月２２日〜２４日の３日間、相馬市にある柚木仮設住宅にてフェイシャルトリートメント体験イベントを行いました。３日間で約４０人以上の方に体験いただき、癒しと美のプレゼントをさせて頂きました。３月から徐々に新居へ移られる方が増えてくること、また大変好評いただいたこともあり、２月に再度イベント開催予定。 《その他支援品》 消毒用ハンドジェル／Sanitizer：20箱/20bx (Hills/Colgate) 石けん／Soap：10箱/ 10bx(Hills/Colgate) ワイン／Wine：30本/30 bottles
Volunteering Projects: Aid Distribution #1: The Warehouse Loading Trucks with Aid for Temp Housing For today’s entry, I thought I’d quickly talk about the process of warehouse distribution. On Jan 26th, we worked with a team effort by It’sNot Just Mud and the On The Road project to lend support to DSP (DisasterSupport Project) to … Read more
March 21st 2011 – FVJ Distribution to Ishinomaki This is a post based on a recent conversation on the forum. There’s been a lot of conflicting information that has been passed around regarding the issue of aid distribution, and the matter that even the Tokyo Metropolitan Government stopped taking donations as of March 21st, there’ve … Read more
As soon as we left our motel the following morning, it was clear that both domestic and international media were all over the city. We ourselves were even stopped and interviewed while on our way to the It’s Not Just Mud house by Fuji TV, who asked for our reflections as part of the network’s … Read more
FROM http://foreignvolunteers.org (image courtesy Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters) I really didn’t know what to say about the one-year anniversary of the quake and tsunami. At 2:46 on March 11th the entirety of Japan apparently came to a standstill. From Shibuya crossing to Rikuzentakata, everybody just stopped what they were doing, whether they were in a grocery store or … Read more