JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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- Core Developer - コアディベロッパー
- Midokura Japan K.K. - ミドクラジャパン株式会社, Tokyo
- Salary: ¥4.0M ~ ¥10.0M / Year Negotiable
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- Translator
- ZAIHON, Inc. (日本財務翻訳株式会社), Tokyo
- Salary: ¥6.0M / Year Negotiable
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- Assistant Language Teacher (ALT) in Kanto region
- RCS (RCSコーポレーション), Kanto
- Salary: ¥180,000 ~ ¥250,000 / Month includes performance bonus
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Heda_Madness
For one day. At a level which was substantially lower than the safe levels in the EU. And those levels are based on drinking contaminated water for 40 days.
So yes, I was here. There was an increase in radiation but nowhere near the levels that people were portraying.
And no, I'm not someone who's playing it down to look tough. I have some understanding of this subject having studied a bit about Chernobyl. And I've been consistent in my opinion of this throughout as anyone who knows me could tell you. I'm also a strong believer that a bit of radiation will not kill you. As should anyone who was alive in Western Europe in May 1986 or anyone who ate lamb from the UK's lake district before that.
And the fact that the nuclear incident occupied the world news as opposed to the earthquake was a disgrace. I've been constsant about that as well.
Posted in: Maher says 'nobody' in Japan gov't was in charge early in nuclear crisis
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Heda_Madness
I must have missed the bit where Tokyo was covered in radiation to justify the reaction of many of the Flyjin. There has still been nothing to suggest that people leaving Tokyo en masse was based on anyhthing scientific.
Though I don't think that anyone downplayed the seriousness of the Earthquake.
Posted in: Maher says 'nobody' in Japan gov't was in charge early in nuclear crisis
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Heda_Madness
On the way to Minami Soma I noticed that there were a lot of sunflowers growing and I thought that they were there just to improve the scenery. The fields that should be rice have mostly been left abandoned and it's a pretty depressing sight.
Good to know that there can be other benefits from it as well.
Posted in: Sunflowers used to clean up radiation
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Heda_Madness
Rikuzentakata has nothing. The town was literally washed away. There are no hotels for people to stay in because there are no buildings standing. There are no shops for tourists to spend money because the three floors at the supermarket were washed away. There are no convenience stores because all that is left of them are the metal girders. Rikuzentakata will not benefit from the tourist industry because there's nowhere for them to spend money.
I can't comment on Kamaishi because I haven't been there.
But it's completely wrong to suggest the Rikuzentakata economy benefits from this.
Posted in: Tsunami wreckage becomes tourist draw
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Heda_Madness
How is that affecting Human Rights.
You have the right to protest. You do not have the right to riot, to cause criminal damage, to loot and in a couple of instances kill people.
Scum. And they got what they deserved.
Posted in: Two jailed for inciting British riots on Facebook
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Heda_Madness
Taj, There's a lot to be depressed about in Rikuzentakata. But there's also been a hell of a lot of progress there as well. Well done to whatever work you've been doing there.
I would agree with Exportexport that unless you're going there to help it's wrong. I've taken photos when I've been up there but we've never stopped the truck. People's lives were destroyed. They lost everything.
I want to go back to Rikuzentakata, to Kesennuma, to Miyako to all the places I've been to as a tourist. But I want to go back when the towns are back on their feet and rebuilt. When they are towns again. Not fields of desperation.
Posted in: Tsunami wreckage becomes tourist draw
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Heda_Madness
**School kids playing outside (MAY) also develop (POTENTIALLY) life-threatening disorders, along with the general population.it will take time, but the effects (COULD) be felt. **
Interesting stats. I wonder what the increase was as a result of this. I'm pretty sure that the former Soviet Union had very high alcoholism problems before Chernobyl. And I'm not entirely sure how AIDS could be linked directly to a nuclear disaster. Did it cause condoms to melt?
I suggest you follow up with your research on Chernobyl and see how many people died in Western Europe as a result of that and then try and do a similar model for Japan. And then think whether you're pushing information or disinformation.
Posted in: Radiation from Fukushima plant spiked on U.S. west coast in March
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Heda_Madness
Which would suggest that there is very little credibility to the article. Whilst those figures may well be true, at no point does anyone use any science to link the that with Fukushima.
A lot of elderly people have died in Japan this summer due to the heat. This is after March 11 and Fukushima. Perhaps I should write an article that there's been an increase in elderly deaths due to the Fukushima Nuclear Power plants.
Posted in: Radiation from Fukushima plant spiked on U.S. west coast in March
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Heda_Madness
Not entirely sure what this is supposed to mean. Are you saying that there's been an increase in infant mortality rates by 35%? If you are, then may I suggest you start looking elsewhere for your information.
Posted in: Radiation from Fukushima plant spiked on U.S. west coast in March
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Heda_Madness
Is there anyone actually surprised by these findings? There is a nuclear incident in Japan. The prevailing winds across the Pacific mean that the wind will take some of those radioactive particles across the Pacific which would lead to an increase above the normal levels ie a spike.
Posted in: Radiation from Fukushima plant spiked on U.S. west coast in March
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Heda_Madness
Hey everybody, look over there. It's a conclusion. On the count of three let's everybody jump to it. One... two...
Posted in: Radiation from Fukushima plant spiked on U.S. west coast in March
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Heda_Madness
Funny. A scientist in the US says it poses no threat to health and it's accepted by the JT community. Yet when a Japanese scientist says the same...
Posted in: Radiation from Fukushima plant spiked on U.S. west coast in March
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Heda_Madness
Not scientific as In such a small amount will not affect health. Disagree then please find me a scientist who will support you.
I wonder how many of the people who made this decision are smokers? And worried about the effects of this..?
Posted in: Kyoto rejects ceremonial bonfire wood from Iwate over radiation fears
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Heda_Madness
The families of the 2140 people who died do and that's good enough for me. They've lost everything yet have managed to keep their dignity throughout it all. The mayor was elected a few weeks before the disaster, his wife's body was discovered a few weeks later. He kept going and he kept the peoe going. Many of whom are starting to suffer from PTSD, this is one further problem that they have had to deal with. 5 months after and they still have to suffer.
Posted in: Kyoto rejects ceremonial bonfire wood from Iwate over radiation fears
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Heda_Madness
This decision is an absolute disgrace and based on nothing scientific. And has had a severely negative impact on the people of Rikuzentakata who have already lost so much.
And no, it's not people from Tepco who has been complaining it's people who genuinely care about people who have lost so much.
Posted in: Kyoto rejects ceremonial bonfire wood from Iwate over radiation fears
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Heda_Madness
It's vastly improved to what it looked like a month after the disaster. There has been a remarkable amount of work done. The last time I was in Rikuzentakata I was erm pleasantly surprised with the transformation that had occurred. I thought it would have taken them years to get to where they were, yet it had only taken four months.
Still a hell of a lot of work to be done though. A hell of a lot.
Posted in: 20,425 dead or missing as Japan marks 5 months since disaster
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Heda_Madness
At some point in the not too distant future petrol/gasoline will be too expensive for the average person to run a car on. Which rules Hybrids out as a long term alternative.
The British government has said there won't be electric points on every corner which should effectively rule out electricity.
Hydrogen is possibly the future. There are numerous issues that need to be dealt with but it has far greater potential than the others.
Posted in: Nissan fumes over BBC TV program 'Top Gear'
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Heda_Madness
Download and install Tor and Mgeni and set your location to the UK and get iplayer
Posted in: Nissan fumes over BBC TV program 'Top Gear'
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Heda_Madness
Okay, as you didn't see the program I'll try and explain as best as I can as to why this was not Japan bashing.
They did a piece on electric vehicles. One of the cars featured was a Peugeot (French) the other car was a Nissan (Japanese). During the feature they commented how quiet both cars were and how in one of them (the Nissan) they had to design new windscreen wipers as the previous ones were too noisy. They also had to redesign the front wing because the air passing over was also too noisy. They commented that it had a top speed of 90mph compared to the slower Peugeot. They also mentioned it had more power and showed it overtaking the Peugeot. It was also cheaper than the Peugeot.
They did the feature driving around Lincolnshire. Both cars had low battery and the Nissan was the first to run out. This was presumably due to the fact that when Nissan gave the car to the BBC it had less power in the battery than the Peugeot.
They came to a conclusion that electric cars aren't a viable solution to the energy problems because there aren't sufficient power points to ensure they could be recharged.
One presenter asked 'when petrol becomes too expensive to run cars what can we do' Another presenter answered 'we already have the solution. Honda have the answer. Hydrogen cars.'
Honda is a Japanese company. Three weeks ago they reviewed the Nissan GT and were full of compliments.
In this episode they highlighted that electric cars were not the way of the future.
At no point could anybody infer that Top Gear or the BBC were acting inappropriately to Japan or the Japanese.
Posted in: Nissan fumes over BBC TV program 'Top Gear'
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Heda_Madness
Tragic news. RIP
Posted in: Former Japan soccer player Matsuda dies of cardiac arrest at 34