Japanese have never been changed.

With this unfortunate disaster, I realised that Japanese have never been changed since World War Ⅱ．　Especially, in Fukushima Nuclear incidents, I feel this strongly.

In one of NPR news show in U.S, a caller asked to a reporter in Tokyo dispatched from U.S, 'Why don't Japanese go panic in the first place. They trust Japanese Government?'.

It was when U.S government ordered Americans evacuate from 50 miles from Fukushima Nuclear Plant, while Japanese Gov. ordered Japanese to evacuate from just 12 miles from the plant.

The reporter avoided the clear answer to that question. So, I will give.
The answer is NO. We don't believe Japanese Gov. Then, what we believe?

We believe workers, engineers working on the spot.

Yesterday, NHK reported that workers on the spot don't have enough instruments to measure how much they were exposed by radiaon. Those equipment were supposed to be prepared enough numbers so that individual worker can put on to work at radiation contaminated area. But most of those equipment were out of orders because of Tsunami.

So one measuring instrument is given to one team consisted of 4 to 5 persons, while they work separately. (It is obviously not good!!)

Under this situation, they've installed power cabling, came control center back on line, and have just completed to install temporary water pumps.

We really trust those workers' and engineers' dedications and devotions.

Isn't this like Iwo Jima? No enough instrument, desperate operations. only having the sense of responsibility in mind to protect lives in ordinal people?

We should remind that they're not ignorant. They are well trained and have more knowledge about how dangerous to work in radiation contaminated area. They are professionals.

This makes workers on the spot more frightened to work on the spot, without having proper instrument put on. Workers came back from the work area answered the interviewed how much they should encourage themselves and make themselves to be BRAVE to work under such situation.

Those dedications of the workers make Japanese feel relief and avoid going panic.

This is nothing we should proud of, rather I feel ashamed.

But the this might be a unchangeable culture of the Japanese.

P.S
Also, we don't believe Japanese Gov (Politicians) has a courage to hide some critical information from the public.
We are sure that they'll let us know innocently when things are getting out of control.
(Bureaucrats are different story. But in this Fukushima emergency situation, there is not so much space for bureaucrats to work. That is good thing.)

***Update;
Not preparing measuring device for each worker is apparent violation of the regulation. Government ordered TEPCO to prepare enough number of the equipment for each workers. Then, 500 workers are supposed to work in the radiation contaminated area at the same time. TEPCO has already prepared 420 equipment, still needs 80 more devices. It is reported that many companies are offering those devices to TEPCO to fulfill that missing number.

Now trying to remove radiogenic substance by Japanese Traditional Food, Natto

If you have ever been in Japan, you might be surprised to know how Japanese love to eat weired, gooey, slimy food Natto, which is fermant soy beans.

Before you eat it, you need to stir up with chop stick to make it more gooey.It is said the more gooey ,the more delicious.
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A Professor of Handai Univ. in Osaka made a report to TEPCO(Tokyo Electric Co,) that this stickiness will help remove raiogenic substance from contaminated water.

Theoritically, it makes sense, and TEPCO will do field test to see how much this will be effective.

Yesterday, French specialists of Areba arrived at Tokyo and would start working with TEPCO engineers on the facility.

It is good to use highly state-of-the-art technology to make things settled.
But I like to see those weired challenges as well, because how many those weired idea come up in this emergency situation shows the depth of the fundamental knowlege of the technology.

Actually, TEPCO have already picked up one idea from ordinary road construction company, which is to scatter the chemicals, which is usually used for the road construction, over the surface of the land to prevent the radiogenic substance to flow up and scattered in the air.

Video Clip shows Natto. He tried to stir it up 10,000 times.
It's just he's been carried away.

Tsunami was more than １４M hight

It is getting apparent that the hight of Tsunami hit Tohoku area on Mach 11 was more than 14M.
Who could predict in advance that such enoumous lump of water would hit the towns, or nuclear power plant?

In Japan's history, we could go back at least 600 -700 years with certain reliable records, we can't see any records that shows such enourmous Tsunami hit Japan's sea coast.

According to the Japan Meteological Agency, this time's earthquake is the very rare case that three major earthquakes happened working together.

Don't think that those area have not prepared in advance. Each town actually prepared for Tsunami with building big bank along with the coast line, with periodical evacuation training etc.

But those banks were just 5 meters, which were good enough to avoid most Tsunami.
Last year, Government made special assgined to team to slash the national budget.
Ironically, the first budget being cut was to build Super-Bank to avoid huge Tsunami.
I would say nobody was against such budget cut. Rather, every Japanese see that the plan to build-out such huge bank was the evidence of how inefficient the government's budgetary plan is.

In terms of the preparation of the preparation of Tsunami, Fukushima power plant did emergency training last November, assuming one of their facilities totally lost electric power.

But this time, four out of six facility went out of controll at the same time.

Like this, this disaster shows nature is far beyond our imagination based on our historical experiences.

Fukushima nuclear power is an old facility operated since 1971

In a TV show where the security of nuclear power plant was discussed, some professors pointed out,
'it's too sad to hear from many countries, such as U.S, France,Germany, announcing the revisit of the nuclear power plant development plant by looking at the situation in Fukushima power plant. That facility is built and started it's operation couple of decades ago. The security and plant designs have been improved in more latest facilities. As Fukushima No.2 power plant shoes, which is located few miles away from Fukushima No1 power plant which is now deep in trouble and have been operated in a very stable manner even after the hit by same natural disaster, the facility with the latest technology showed the capability of much more reliant operations.'

Granted their claims are technically correct, new incidents coming out everyday get us frustrated and exhaisted so much.
Now it seems number 4 Is in the deepest trouble.

Refugees from Fukushima power plant are desparately wanting Gas

Now it turned out the fuel rods are fully exposed regardless of a huge efforts of the engineers to add more seawater to cool down the fuel rods. As authorities admit, this is severely critical situation.
The people living near from this power plant were ordered to keep away at least 20km from the facility.
They are spending their times in several emergent facilities which province had provided.

What the evacuees are desperately hoping is the gas to fulfill their motor vehicles to run further away from the facilities,which currently they don't have.

Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant #2 needs to be stopped

Following the operation stop from Plant #1 and #3, both of which had exploded, now Plant #2 came to a situation to stop operations.

All of those nuclear power plant's problems came from the break-down of the redundant generators which were all soaked by Tsunami. They were supposed to pomp up pure water to cool down the core poles. But they didn't work.

Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant has been covering 25% of electricity consumption of Tokyo area. With the outage of Plant #1, #2 and #3, now the capability of providing enough electric power is extremely decreasing.


Now planned black-outs started to executed from Group 5. For the area categorized as Group 5, they won't have traffic lights and hospitals neither. Large hospitals might be fine because they have generators, but small clinics may not.

Still Struggling to control NueClear Plant

After posting my last comment, I quickly run out and went several supermarkets to buy water and batteries. But they were all gone, it was too late. All disappeared from the shelf.

The news of Fukushima nuclear plant changed everything for the living of Kanto area residential directly.

Last late night, the government announced that they stated to pour seawater and boric acid into the plant #1, the one which exploded, too cool down. Pouring seawater and boric acid will make it very difficult to resume its operation. (It is said that progress to cool down is going well, but it will take about one week to completely cool down the facility.)


This early morning, the government also announced that plant #3 is also starting to decrease the water, so determined to add more water and boric acid, too.

Operation stops will bring severe shortage of the electricity for Tokyo area, and it will last relatively long period.

No mention that it is tremendous disaster for the people living in Tohoku area.
But this earthquake severely hits the livings of the people who lives nearly 400km away from the hypocenter.

Planned Blackout will be coming from tomorrow Sunday for Kanto are residential

Yesterday's earthquake gave huge impact even for the Kanto are residential.
First off, every railway had to stopped its operation since they needed to check out the safety of the physical rail. So, more than several hundred-thousands of people were forced to stay in their office area.

I, personally, walked back to my home with 6 hours strait walk. Luckily I was out of my office when earthquake hit, and was about to have a meeting at Shinjulu-area. Shinjuku was 25km away from my home, while my office is more than 30km away.
(I didn't have any experience to walk such long way. Given that marathon runners run 42Km, I thought it was relatively easy to walk 25km. But that idea was totally wrong!! it took 6 hours to finish 25km walk. It was cold last night, and I didn't know the way to home, so Google Map was useful, but the mobile device went out of juice at the most complicated area. So, I lost the way. It guided a short-cuts, but I had to go back to the main street which I Iknew for a drive.)

First, most foods went out from stores, next batteries for mobile phones, while voice communications were stopped by network carrier. Internet from mobile phone was barely-available,

Many people who have a physical confident went back to their home by walk. So, many pubic facility opened its facility for the rest of such walkers. (It was quite helpful.)
Media reported that many bicycles were sold out instantly from bicycle stores.
I, personally stopped by the bicycle along the way my home, but the least cheapest one costs 15,000 yen, so I didn't buy it. It was bad idea, too. I should have bought it given the long way home to go back.

Aftermath still continues. Since Nuclear power stations in Fukushima was damaged heavily and stopped operations, the capacity to generate for Kanto area has been decreased significantly.
Authorities has just announced that they are planning to stop supplying electricy to area. Residentials, offices will have planned blackout from tomorrow, which is expected to continue about two to three hours per area.

Still, many small earthquakes continues. We really needs to be careful.