Where there is NO Doctor in Japanese
Where There Is No Doctor in Japanese: Issha no inai tokoro de: mura no herusukea tebikisho. PDF of the most recent Japanese translation ofWhere There Is No Doctor containing first-aid and other medical information for earthquake and tsunami response.
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Situation Update No. 115
Posted:2011-03-11, 12:38:52 [UTC]
Ref.no.: NC-20110311-29877-JPN
Situation Update No. 115
On 2011-05-22 at 02:51:01 [UTC]
Event: Nuclear Event
Location: Japan Fukushima Prefecture Fukushima I. Nucelar Power Plant
Number of Deads: 4 person(s)
Number of Injured: 36 person(s)
Number of Missing: 2 person(s)
Number of Evacuated: 170000 person(s)
Situation: Highly contaminated radioactive water that leaked into the sea in earlier May from a pit near a seawater intake of the No. 3 reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant totaled 250 tons and contained an estimated 20 terabecquerels of radioactive substances, Tokyo Electric Power Co said Saturday. The estimated amount of radioactive substances from the plant, crippled by the March 11 earthquake and ensuing tsunami, is about 100 times the annual allowable limit for release outside the plant, said TEPCO. The leak is estimated to have lasted for 41 hours from 2 a.m. on May 10 through 7 p.m. on the following day, TEPCO said based on its analysis of data showing changes in water levels in the pit. The leak raised the concentration of radioactive substances within the port of the power plant, but the level outside the port did not change significantly, TEPCO said. The leak from near the No. 3 reactor compares with about 500 tons of radioactive water with 4,700 terabecquerels of radioactive substances that leaked from near the No. 2 reactor from April 1 to 6. TEPCO reported the latest finding to the government’s Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency, which is expected to ask the utility to take steps to prevent a recurrence. The utility found out about the leak on May 11 and stopped it by filling the pit with concrete and other substances that day. Meanwhile, a large artificial floating island, which is capable of storing about 10,000 tons of water inside, berthed along the quay near the Fukushima plant Saturday morning. The 136-meter-long, 46-meter-wide ‘‘megafloat’’ will be used to store low contaminated radioactive water that has been decontaminated. The floating island was originally used in the city of Shizuoka as a park for sea fishing.
Posted:2011-03-11, 12:38:52 [UTC]
Ref.no.: NC-20110311-29877-JPN
Situation Update No. 115
On 2011-05-22 at 02:51:01 [UTC]
Event: Nuclear Event
Location: Japan Fukushima Prefecture Fukushima I. Nucelar Power Plant
Number of Deads: 4 person(s)
Number of Injured: 36 person(s)
Number of Missing: 2 person(s)
Number of Evacuated: 170000 person(s)
Situation: Highly contaminated radioactive water that leaked into the sea in earlier May from a pit near a seawater intake of the No. 3 reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant totaled 250 tons and contained an estimated 20 terabecquerels of radioactive substances, Tokyo Electric Power Co said Saturday. The estimated amount of radioactive substances from the plant, crippled by the March 11 earthquake and ensuing tsunami, is about 100 times the annual allowable limit for release outside the plant, said TEPCO. The leak is estimated to have lasted for 41 hours from 2 a.m. on May 10 through 7 p.m. on the following day, TEPCO said based on its analysis of data showing changes in water levels in the pit. The leak raised the concentration of radioactive substances within the port of the power plant, but the level outside the port did not change significantly, TEPCO said. The leak from near the No. 3 reactor compares with about 500 tons of radioactive water with 4,700 terabecquerels of radioactive substances that leaked from near the No. 2 reactor from April 1 to 6. TEPCO reported the latest finding to the government’s Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency, which is expected to ask the utility to take steps to prevent a recurrence. The utility found out about the leak on May 11 and stopped it by filling the pit with concrete and other substances that day. Meanwhile, a large artificial floating island, which is capable of storing about 10,000 tons of water inside, berthed along the quay near the Fukushima plant Saturday morning. The 136-meter-long, 46-meter-wide ‘‘megafloat’’ will be used to store low contaminated radioactive water that has been decontaminated. The floating island was originally used in the city of Shizuoka as a park for sea fishing.
2011-05-22 03:01:35 - Flash Flood - Japan
EDIS Code: FF-20110522-30833-JPN
Date&Time: 2011-05-22 03:01:35 [UTC]
Continent: Asia
Country: Japan
State/Prov.: Prefecture of Miyagi,
Location: ,
City: Ishinomaki
Damage level: Moderate (Level 2)
Not confirmed information!
Event location map
Description:
Flooding has been a regular occurrence in some neighborhoods in Ishinomaki recently, but it has nothing to do with torrential rains--high tides now inundate land that was sunk by the Great East Japan Earthquake. The seawater floods have forced residents to leave their homes and a local primary school to change its schedule so children would not be stranded at school by the rising waters. In one area of the city, waters were about one meter deep during the spring tides. Kazunori Akiyama wore fishing waders and walked through knee-deep water to pick up a parcel from a customer in the Shiotomicho district of the city. Carrying the box on his shoulder, the 38-year-old delivery company employee said, "The water's unavoidable during deliveries at this hour. I have to be careful with people's packages to keep them dry." According to the city government, some areas sank by as much as 78 centimeters due to the disaster. About 300 households in Shiotomicho, Mangokucho and other districts now flood regularly. Residents have asked the city government to provide sandbags to protect their homes. Mangokuura Primary School has had to be flexible to make sure its 417 students are able to make it home before high tides block off roads. Kids are let out three hours before high tide, meaning school sometimes ends as early as 1 p.m. Floods have also hindered ambulances trying to respond to emergencies in the city. Ishinomaki Mayor Hiroshi Kameyama went to the Miyagi prefectural office Wednesday to ask for emergency aid to cope with the flooding during high tides. The prefectural government decided to erect a temporary embankment and set up drainage pumps along the coast in two districts by early June. But a city government official warned, "When the rainy season comes, there could be some major flooding when the rains combine with high tides."
EDIS Code: FF-20110522-30833-JPN
Date&Time: 2011-05-22 03:01:35 [UTC]
Continent: Asia
Country: Japan
State/Prov.: Prefecture of Miyagi,
Location: ,
City: Ishinomaki
Damage level: Moderate (Level 2)
Not confirmed information!
Event location map
Description:
Flooding has been a regular occurrence in some neighborhoods in Ishinomaki recently, but it has nothing to do with torrential rains--high tides now inundate land that was sunk by the Great East Japan Earthquake. The seawater floods have forced residents to leave their homes and a local primary school to change its schedule so children would not be stranded at school by the rising waters. In one area of the city, waters were about one meter deep during the spring tides. Kazunori Akiyama wore fishing waders and walked through knee-deep water to pick up a parcel from a customer in the Shiotomicho district of the city. Carrying the box on his shoulder, the 38-year-old delivery company employee said, "The water's unavoidable during deliveries at this hour. I have to be careful with people's packages to keep them dry." According to the city government, some areas sank by as much as 78 centimeters due to the disaster. About 300 households in Shiotomicho, Mangokucho and other districts now flood regularly. Residents have asked the city government to provide sandbags to protect their homes. Mangokuura Primary School has had to be flexible to make sure its 417 students are able to make it home before high tides block off roads. Kids are let out three hours before high tide, meaning school sometimes ends as early as 1 p.m. Floods have also hindered ambulances trying to respond to emergencies in the city. Ishinomaki Mayor Hiroshi Kameyama went to the Miyagi prefectural office Wednesday to ask for emergency aid to cope with the flooding during high tides. The prefectural government decided to erect a temporary embankment and set up drainage pumps along the coast in two districts by early June. But a city government official warned, "When the rainy season comes, there could be some major flooding when the rains combine with high tides."
Monday, May 2, 2011
2011-05-02 16:51:35 - Nuclear Event - Japan | ||||||||||||||||
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| Radiation levels have risen inside a reactor unit at a nuclear power plant in western Japan, possibly due to leaks from fuel rods into cooling water, the facility’s operator said on Monday. No radiation was released outside, the Japan Atomic Power Co. said in a press release. It occurred at a plant in Tsuruga, some 350 kilometres (220 miles) west of Tokyo and 90 kilometres from Kyoto, while emergency crews continue efforts to stabilise the tsunami-hit Fukushima nuclear plant in northeast Japan. According to a regular check at Tsuruga on Monday, the density of xenon-133 gas and that of iodine-133 had risen inside the primary coolant water in one of the plant’s two nuclear reactors, the press release said. “We have determined that there may have been leakage from the fuel assembly and stepped up monitoring the density of radioactive substances in the primary coolant,” it said. The company was considering shutting down the reactor for detailed examinations, the statement said. | ||||||||||||||||
Friday, April 29, 2011
Aron Cramer: Japan: From Tragedy to Turning Point?
Japan: From Tragedy to Turning Point?
I arrived in Japan for a week of meetings to find Tokyo more deserted than ever before. Maybe the
economy really had collapsed in the wake of the triple whammy of the earthquake, tsunami, and
ongoing nuclear accident at Fukushima-Daiichi.
A week's visits with BSR's member companies, however, showed a more layered situation. Japan
appears ready to turn this tragedy into a pivot point that puts the country on an even stronger path
for a safe, prosperous -- and sustainable -- future.
Many of our Japanese member company representatives expressed a strong sense of self-reflection. cont
Thursday, April 21, 2011
| If you are looking for your relatives in Japan or if you want to inform your relatives that you are alive after the events List of names First, consult the List of names. If you find the names of your relatives, contact them directly. If this is not possible, check this website on a regular basis or contact the nearest Red Cross/Red Crescent office for more information. Search for your name as well as someone might be looking for you. You are alive If you want to inform your relatives that you are alive, please register your name and contact details on I am alive. Your name will appear on the list. By checking the list, your relatives will know where you are and may be able to contact you. Check this website or contact your nearest Red Cross/Red Crescent representative for more information. You are looking for a missing relative If you are looking for missing relatives in Japan who are not on the list, you can register their name and your contact details on Missing relative. Your missing relatives might be able to see the list and contact you. Other persons checking the list might have information on their whereabouts and contact you. |
Japan bans residents from remaining within 20-km of Fukushima plant
TOKYO, April 22, Kyodo
Japan imposed a no-entry zone midnight Thursday prohibiting residents from remaining within a 20-kilometer radius of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant to enhance control of evacuees amid continued fears of radiation leaks.The no-entry zone came into effect following a meeting between Prime Minister Naoto Kan and Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato at the prefectural office on Thursday, in which Kan told Sato to upgrade the current evacuation instruction for residents in the area.
Sato, emerging from a 35-minute meeting with Kan, told reporters he had called on the premier to thoroughly explain the new step to the municipalities subject to the legally binding ''caution areas.''
Friday, April 15, 2011
Payouts For Fukushima Nuclear Leak Evacuees
11:23am UK, Friday April 15, 2011
The company that runs Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant has been ordered to pay compensation to people forced to leave their homes because of leaking radiation.
Damage at the Fukushima nuclear power plant
Individual households affected by the disaster will receive up to £7,300 ($12,000) when payments begin on April 28.
The Tokyo Electric Power Company, TEPCO has set aside £370m ($600m) for the initial payouts but more compensation is expected.
Industry analysts say TEPCO could end up paying £14bn ($23bn) in the current financial year.
One analyst says the bill could rise to £80bn ($130bn) if the Fukushima crisis drags on.
Reports from Japan say that a government-backed compensation fund might be set up to save TEPCO, Asia's largest utility company, from collapse.
Police in protective suits search for bodies near the Fukushima nuclear plant
It has lost more than three-quarters of its stock market value since the disaster.Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano has said that an estimated 200,000 people living within a 30 km radius from the plant will be eligible for the initial compensation payments.
Efforts are still continuing to stabilise the reactors at the nuclear power plant which saw its cooling systems fail after it was hit by the March 11 megaquake and subsequent tsunami.
Radiation levels inside a total 10km exclusion zone dropped enough on Thursday for police to begin searching the area for the bodies of an estimated 1,000 people killed by the earthquake and tsunami.
Thursday, April 14, 2011
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Thursday, March 31, 2011
OpSafe in Japan
Yesterday was my first time home in the two weeks since the quake and tsunami. I was able to spend some precious time with my family and worship with my church and then came back to CRASH Command Center in Tokyo. CRASH is an organization that I founded around six years ago to coordinate Christian relief in Japan for natural disasters. The acronym stands for Christian Relief, Assistance, Support and Hope. We work to support local churches, some who are responding to the disaster and others affected by the disaster to bring help and hope to those who are suffering. Since the quake we have become a focal point for Christian relief groups from around the world who are seeking to help and for the Japanese church as well. While we have been instrumental in bringing in hundreds of tons of relief and cooperating in its distribution our focus and goals are broader than that. I fully expect the Japanese government and Japanese Red Cross to be able to meet the physical needs of the region in a very short period of time. They are doing everything they can to respond to this crisis that has cut the very country to the core.
But imagine four times the damage of Katrina and seven times the loss of life of 9/11 in a nation that is barely the size of California and with a struggling economy roughly a third the size of the US. What does that do to a country? What does that do to a region? Now consider a family or individual waiting for help to come. The greatest thing that we have to offer Japan is hope. Hope is not something that can be shipped in a container, or airlifted in. Our teams are operating from five regional bases throughout the entire area. One team near the area evacuated around the nuclear power station described the evacuation centers as well stocked and well run, but the people as terrified. Hope is packaged not in a box but in a person. Our focus is to send thousands of volunteers to stand beside the people of Japan until the job is done. To help them clear the rubble, rebuild their homes, and find hope for the future.
Jonathan Wilson
CRASH
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
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