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- Japan nuclear crisis road map
- April 29th, 2011Category: Uncategorized
- Ten days have passed since Tokyo Electric Power Co released its road map for bringing the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant under control. Efforts are under way to stabilize overheated nuclear fuel rods and keep water temperatures in reactors in check bu ... » Continue Reading
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- Foreign businesses commit to helping Japan rebuild through NGOs
- April 29th, 2011Category: Uncategorized
- Seventeen foreign chambers of commerce in Japan representing 34 countries have expressed their long-term commitment to helping the nation rebuild from the March 11 quake and tsunami that wrecked northeastern and eastern areas, by supporting activities of nongovernment ... » Continue Reading
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- 21 mini-FM stations help survivors in disaster areas
- April 25th, 2011Category: Uncategorized
- A total of 21 mini FM radio stations have obtained government licenses to operate as provisional broadcasters, giving people post-disaster information in areas ravaged by last month’s earthquake and tsunami. The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications said it ... » Continue Reading
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- Environmental crises bad but not always fatal for businesses
- April 22nd, 2011Category: Uncategorized
- There are some who would consign the Tokyo utility embroiled in Japan’s worst-ever nuclear plant disaster to the corporate graveyard. Its share price has collapsed by 80%, it may take a year or more to regain control of leaking nuclear reactors, and compensation claim ... » Continue Reading
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- Beer fundraiser offers disaster-hit kids a hand in education needs
- April 21st, 2011Category: Uncategorized
- It’s the season when cherry blossoms in Japan lure people to celebrate, with beer in their hands, but for Gary Bremermann, his beer is for a different cause—helping children cope in the aftermath of the March 11 disaster. About a month since the earthquake and ensuin ... » Continue Reading
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- What worked and what did not: Views from the field
- April 18th, 2011Category: Uncategorized
- Recently I took a survey in the affected areas of Iwate and Miyagi prefectures as a part of the need assessment team of a nonprofit organization named SEEDS Asia. This survey was an effort by the consortium of nongovernmental organizations called Japan Platform which ... » Continue Reading
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- Comparing Fukushima and Chernobyl
- April 13th, 2011Category: Uncategorized
- Japan raised the assessment of its nuclear crisis to the most severe rating Tuesday, on the same level as the Chernobyl disaster, the world’s worst to date. Lots of concerns have been raised and a lot of questions remain unanswered. Here are some basic answers to qu ... » Continue Reading
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- Japan Earthquake – Latest News
- April 8th, 2011Category: Uncategorized
- Late last night, or at 11:32 to be precise, a strong (shindo 7.4) aftershock hit Miyagi-ken once again. The quake was felt in Tokyo, too, where the shaking continued for a few minutes. This was the strongest quake yet to hit Japan since March 11th and by the end of ... » Continue Reading
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- Quake donations reach Y115.4 bil but no agreement yet on how to use
- April 4th, 2011Category: Uncategorized
- Total donations received by the Japanese Red Cross Society and the Central Community Chest of Japan for people afflicted by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami stood at 115.4 billion yen as of Saturday, the two charity organizations said Sunday. Meanwhile, Softbank C ... » Continue Reading
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- Japan Earthquake – Friday roundup
- April 1st, 2011Category: Uncategorized
- The situation with the nuclear reactor in Fukushima continues to roll on. TEPCO and the government have some control mechanisms in place but the threat from radiation remains in the area. Elsewhere, we are beginning to get news about how relief efforts are going (or ... » Continue Reading
