JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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wanderlust
And thus starts the end of the Noda government.... after 8 days! Wait for the LDP and others to start calling for Noda's resignation next, to take responsibility for appointing him.
The pathetic circus that passes for Japanese politics plays on...
Posted in: Industry minister resigns after 8 days over 'town of death' comment
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wanderlust
I wrote before that most of Japan seemed to have forgotten that Kan exercised great leadership in making this decision, telling the Utility known as TEPCO not to abandon the Fukushima NPP, seen if it meant taking some casualties. There was no time for consensus building in the back rooms of Asakusa clubs or Ginza hotels, and the chance of losing 1,000 or so workers to radiation sickeness to save 30,000,000 or more residents is a small price to pay, unless of course you are one of the 1,000 .... though the consensus amongst nuclear workers worldwide is that they would stay at their post to the end.
Couldn't see any other politician in any of the major political parties making such a quick and critical decision.
Masao Yoshida, the plant manager, was also vilified for defying the inept TPECO management, continuing to flood the reactors to cool them down, a decision which was later credited with preventing a worse situation developing.
Two good guys, in the right place at the right time...
Posted in: Kan forced older nuclear plant workers to stay on duty after tsunami: report
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wanderlust
@foxie - Hayama Marina in Kanagawa charges about 2,000,000/ year for a waterside berth for a 35 foot boat, and around double for the deposit!
Posted in: Toyota cruiser
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wanderlust
Don't forget the mooring fees for when you're not motoring on the the high seas, berths at marinas are not cheap...
Posted in: Toyota cruiser
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wanderlust
Out of the picture were Tokyo Fire and Rescue Squad, a doctor, paramedic, and ladder... in this nicely posed picture.
But looks like mum has aged a lot, looks more like grandma, though the clothes are rather unflattering for a Royal Family member.
Posted in: Happy birthday
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wanderlust
All those 110~150 year old pensioners claiming benefits wiped off the list must have had a considerable impact on Japan's statistics.
Posted in: Japan may soon lose top longevity ranking
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wanderlust
Best thing they could do is to establish a secure nuclear waste disposal site/ dump for all of the Japanese nuclear power plants in the grounds of Fukushima NPP, the land is poisoned for at least the next 300 years ( 10 x half life of Cs), so at least other towns and villages would be spared the threat of stored fuel rods melting down and dispersing radionucleides.
Hosono is two eggs short of dozen, the goal is to minimise the spread of radiation, not to disperse it.
Posted in: Hosono says all of Japan should help with Fukushima's contaminated debris
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wanderlust
The recent exposure of prosecutors manipulating evidence to secure convictions, along with poor judicial procedure, coercion of confessions, false depositions, has put doubt in the minds of many...
More and more folk are sure that many executions were of innocent people, just to maintain the stats...
Posted in: New justice minister won't OK executions in near future
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wanderlust
At least no reports yet of old guys being killed whilst repairing their roof, trimming their tree, or fixing their fishing boat.
That's progress....
Posted in: 2 dead, 5 missing as typhoon slams into western Japan
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wanderlust
Better let them get back to photographing flight attendants in the cockpit, seems less troublesome...
Posted in: JAL pilot arrested for taking up-skirt photos at train station
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wanderlust
@john becker - nuclear power is not cheap when you include the real costs of spent fuel processing and storage, decommissioning of reactors, and management of low/ mid and high level waste. NPP utilities also do not have to pay liability insurance for their operations, as they are covered by governments, unlike most other factories and power utilities.
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wanderlust
The utilities under-reported their non-nuclear capacity and exaggerated the demand, in order to get their nuclear steam kettles back on line as soon as possible, along with all the grants and income that they generate. That plan sure backfired...
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wanderlust
The drivers only manage the trains when the speed is below 80 km/hr, when approaching and leaving stations; the rest of the time they are automatic/ computer controlled from central HQ.
Posted in: Bullet train driver stops train because he forgot his glasses
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wanderlust
@the_sheriff So I wonder how many months it'll be before the fickle Japanese public becomes dissatisfied with Noda.
Kyodo and Mainichi will be gearing up to run their polls, showing some initial minor rise in public opinion, then steady drops over the next few months.... happens as regular as clockwork.
Whether they are real polls or not, i.e. reflecting actual opinion or just the MSM opinion, they seem to accelerate the process of getting a new PM in...
Posted in: Noda to become Japan's next prime minister
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wanderlust
They've probably arranged the next 4 or 5 PMs in their shady back room deals over the weekend; that should take Japan through to 2013...
Posted in: Noda to become Japan's next prime minister
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wanderlust
What have these five jokers been doing for the last five months? Why have all these new ideas just surfaced now?
Could they not have leant their expertise to PM Kan to resolve the nuclear crisis and revive the economy before? Instead of spending the country's time and money stabbing him in the back...
Posted in: 5 candidates for PM promise to resolve nuclear crisis, revive economy
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wanderlust
The nuclear reactor inspectors and regulators should be the ones apologizing for their years of falsifying safety data and complicity with TEPCO's shoddy design and construction. Stories of cooling pipes rupturing instantly and fixtures snapping and breaking from the earthquake shock alone are coming out now from on-site workers, meaning that blaming the tsunami for the triple meltdown is no longer true. The design and construction was so poor that they had to use heavy machinery to bend pipes into position before they could weld them, meaning they were under stress from the start!
Posted in: Kan visits Fukushima to apologize over no-go zones
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wanderlust
Hope the wheels stay on this Mitsubishi model, unlike all the trucks they recalled...
Posted in: Jump in my car
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wanderlust
One of the few honorable politicians left in the Diet, he kept his word and left as promised. It's a shame that he was let down by ministry bureaucrats, local government, his own party and TEPCO. Sure he could have done better, but so could virtually everyone else involved.
The country owe him a debt of gratitude for storming round to the TEPCO office, and telling them to stay on site and fix the problem, even if they had to die. Had they abandoned the place, it would have been a lot worse. Everyone seems to have forgotten that decisive action by him.
Enjoy your break, but come back soon!
Posted in: Kan resigns; says he did all he could, given difficulties he faced
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wanderlust
Some/ all of the Kei-cars and mini-vans should be banned from the expressways, it is just too dangerous for them. Small wheelbase; tall, narrow body, underpowered, they are blown all over the place in winds or bad weather, they are accidents waiting to happen.
Nothing worse than to see an overladen mini-van in the fast lane at 90 km/ hr, weaving from side to side as the engine strains to maintain the speed and straight line, while cars behind overtake on their blind, inside...
Posted in: 7-year-old boy dies after being flung out of van in highway accident