Kesennuma City Memorial Museum (Ruins of Koyo High School)
Kesennuma, in Miyagi prefecture (Japan), was one of the sea-side cities that was completely devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. Triggered by an M9 earthquake off the East coast of Japan, an unimaginable deluge swept through this once peaceful and picturesque fishing town, drowning its life and soul under water and debris. One […]
Of tremors and tides and reactors
April 11, 2011. One month since nature knocked out large parts of Japan with ruthless ferocity. March 11th 2011 started out like just another day in the lives of people here. Crowded trains, busy streets, work, meetings, the usual stuff. People doing what they always do. Everything changed in a matter of a few minutes […]
March 11 Japan quake moved sea bed 24 metres!
The sea bed near the epicentre of the massive earthquake that rocked Japan last month was shifted 24 metres by the tremor, the country’s coastguard says. Sensors found that one part of the ocean floor had been stretched to a point 24 metres east-southeast of its position before the 9.0 undersea quake, which triggered a […]
Countdown to the M9.0 earthquake in Japan – March 11, 2011
We were sitting in a coffee shop in central Tokyo when a few seconds before the M9.0 earthquake hit Japan on March 11, 2011, a centralized warning system suddenly announced that an earthquake was about to hit Tokyo in 54 seconds. I got my mobile camera out just in time to get the count down […]
What is Happening in the Reactor Cores of Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Station?
Author: Michio Ishikawa (Chief Adviser of Japan Nuclear Technology Institute (JANTI)) By estimating what is happening in the reactor cores of Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Station based on the facts and developments of the Three Miles Island (TMI) accident, I would like to urgently state what are expected to happen from now on and what […]
Japan Nuclear Situation – Informative links
News portals: Reuters live coverage of the nuclear crisis http://live.reuters.com/Event/Japan_earthquake2 Kyodo News live coverage http://english.kyodonews.jp/news/japan_nuclear_crisis/ Television: NHK Television english stream http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nhk-world-tv japanese television translated in realtime by katz http://yokosonews.com/live/ Live webcam targeted at Fukushima 1 (1 picture every full hour) http://www.tepco.co.jp/nu/f1-np/camera/index-j.html Radiation measures: geiger counter in chiba – live stream http://www.ustream.tv/channel/geiger-counter-chiba geiger counter in tokyo […]
Ukraine advises Japan to use tin to cool Fukushima reactor
According to Ukrainian specialists, to bring the heat processes in Fukushima-1 reactors under control, it is necessary “first, to ensure a normal cooling mode in the spent fuel pools by pumping water, sea water as a last resort, into them; second, the type of reactor fuel coolant needs to be changed – water, which might […]
Message from Mr. Ryuko Hira (ICCJ)
Dear Members/Citizens of India, Unprecedented pain, grief, anxiety and suffering of victims require divine benovelence.Sincere prayers are always answered. Pray, Pray, Pray intensely for victims. The inherent risks of radiation coupled with economic and social recovery have substantially increased. Most foreign governments have advised their nationals to promptly depart Japan. In case of very likely […]
Nagasaki survivor calmly waits out nuclear crisis in Tokyo
Kazuko Yamashita was five when the atom bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, destroying her home in a second and leaving her with a lifelong fear that every time she becomes ill, this time it is finally cancer. Now, 66 years later, she wears a dark pink sweater, her dyed hair in a neat bob, and […]
Status of reactors at Fukushima (as of 15:00 JST, March 16, 2011)
Status of reactors at Fukushima nuclear power plants (as of 15:00 JST, March 16, 2011) The following is the known status as of Wednesday afternoon of each of the six reactors at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant and the four reactors at the Fukushima No. 2 plant, both in Fukushima Prefecture, which were […]