February 2012
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3.11 Photo Exhibits & Events for Japan in the U.S.
Thursday 3/1/2012: 6pm, Berman Hall in Fromm, University of San Francisco
Dialectical Images of History After Fukushima: Cold War Amnesia and the Transpacific Anti-Nuclear Counter-Citizenry [A Lecture by Dr. Lisa Yoneyama] Tears of the Earth, photographic slide show about human struggles in post-quake Japan, by photographer Satoshi Ueda, will be presented at the event.
Sunday 3/11/2012: 1pm,...
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JAEC says "more economical not to reprocess spent...
Mainichi Shinbun issued on Feb. 23, 2012, reported a rather important news regarding the future of nuclear energy policy of Japan.
The chairman (Mr. Tatsujiro Suzuki) of Japan Atomic Energy Commission, a subcommittee of the Cabinet Office, announced, “Presently, the most economical way to dispose the spent fuel is to dispose it directly without reprocessing it for another recycled use, at...
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Japan: a departure from nuclear power?!
Only two nuclear reactors are currently generating electricity; the No6 reactor of the Kashiwazaki Kariwa nuclear power plant operated by TEPCO and Hokkaido Electric Power Company’s No3 reactor of the Kashiwa plant. Kansai Electric’s No3 reactor at the Takahama plant has just halted for a routine maintenance on February 20.
Those last two reactors’ maintenance halt approaching...
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A report from Yokohama
The city of Yokohama started lending the dosimeters to the residents since last month (January). Each ward has two devices, and a household can borrow one for 24 hours by appointment (until April 27).
When I found this out, I sent out an email FYI to my parents and brother. Honestly, it’s not a huge worry where they are, but it wouldn’t hurt. In fact, when I was there back in December...
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Fukushima Daiichi No2 reactor thermometer broken?
One of the thermometers inside of the No2 reactor of TEPCO’s Fukushima Daiichi plant has been indicating rising temperature for this past week, and worrying many of us. Here’s what NHK news reports.
TEPCO’s investigation showed that the troubled thermometer has been indicating an unusual value in its electric current resistance, which suggests that one of the wiring may have...
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A new ballet star is born from Japan
Ms. Madoka Sugai, 17, from Kanagawa prefecture, Japan, won the Prix de Laussane international ballet competition for young dancers in Laussane, Suitzerland.
She also won the best contemporary dance award.
NHK interviewed Ms. Suigai the day after she won the Prix de Laussane. “When they called my name at the award ceremony, my mind went totally blank! My hard work - that I practiced...
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Some dirty truth about the nuke plants in Japan
I’ve started this blog last year after the 3.11 disaster to mainly relay some of the good news from Japan. Good news is essential for any of us to keep our spirit up. But sometimes, things don’t change for better without relaying some terrible truth. Here is a recent newspaper article published on Asahi Shinbun regarding the nuclear power plants and the workers, which I was so appalled...
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Japan: Smokers on the decline; Now less than 20%
From the survey conducted by the Japan Ministry of Health, the number of chronic smokers as of November 2010 was 19.5% (3.9 less than the previous year). Historically, it was the lowest and the first time it went under 20% since the ministry have started the survey in 1986.
Among those 19.5%; 32.2% were male (6 less from the previous year), and 8.4% were female (2.5 less from the previous year).
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Japanese sake breweries hosted a promotional...
On January 30, nine sake breweries from Japan held a sake tasting in Los Angeles, CA, to promote their sake. They’ve invited about 70 representatives from restaurant and wholesale industries, and introduced the Junmai Daiginjo sake. Roughly 20% of all Japanese sake export is to the U.S. which holds the largest export share, however, its growth is sluggish due to localed production of sake...