Japan earthquake: Residents of Japan’s quake region wonder where the...
VofA reporter, who’s been in the Tohoku area since March 11′s disaster, teams up with LA journalist Barbara Demick on an article about Japanese tsunami survivors wondering where the government is. He...
View ArticleVoA report
A plug for Voice of America’s Steve Herman latest report: Japanese Engineers Prepare Damaged Reactors for Electrical Power. I’ve been following his Tweets. They are very informative. I recommend the...
View ArticleRadioactive Seawater Latest Woe for Battered Japan | News | English
Steve Herman, Voice of America reporter who is doing sterling work reporting on the Fukushima nuclear crisis from within Japan, tweets his latest report. elevated levels of radioactive materials in...
View ArticleFukushima faced 14-metre tsunami
Tokyo Electric Power Company has revised its estimated size of the earthquake and tsunami that hit the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. This is the third upward revision of tsunami’s scale since...
View ArticleVoA’s Steve Herman leaves Japan
VoA’s reporter Steve Herman has left Japan and returned to his base in Seoul, according to his Tweet. I came to rely on his Twitter feed as source of up-to-date news and also links to related...
View ArticleGovt may spray resin on N-plant / Sticky material should keep down radiation...
Commenter on this blog, Aldritch Parsons, suggested on March 30 some kind of tent of dome over the reactors to contain or limit the diffusion of radioactive materials. And today, I read on the Yomiuri...
View ArticleIn Onagawa, Japan, residents are using the local nuclear plant as a shelter
Onagawa nuclear power station is owned by Tohoku Electric (Tohoku Denryoku). Slightly further north along the coast than Fukushima, it was also struck by the tsunami and earthquake. An emergency was...
View ArticleTwitter / @Steve Herman: Plan to spray resin at Fukushima called off due to rain
Plan to spray resin at #Fukushima-1 to mitigate radiation spread canceled today due to rain. via Twitter / @Steve Herman: Plan to spray resin at #Fu …. I recommend the following guides: Brett Kelly's...
View ArticleFormer US Diplomat Criticizes Japan Nuclear Response | Asia | English
Interesting article by VOA’s Steve Herman, tho perhaps not for the reasons Maher hopes. A former high-level U.S. diplomat, who was posted in Japan for many years, is speaking out about Tokyo’s initial...
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