TEPCO's "Severe Accident Manual" Takes On Barcode Hairstyle
The House of Representatives Special Committee on Promotion of Science and Technology and Innovation had requested TEPCO submit two operating manuals: one for accidents, and one for severe accidents. On…
Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO): Is it time to turn off the lights?
“Jump in a nuclear reactor and die!’ Those were the words directed at the chairman of Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) by one angry man at the tense stockholders meeting…
9 Day Warning: On March 2nd, NISA disciplined TEPCO on lax equipment checks before meltdown
On March 2nd, approximately nine days before the TEPCO (Tokyo Electric Power Company) Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Reactor One melted down, the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA) formally disciplined…
Japanese study finds correlation between exhaust fumes and asthma
According to an NHK online article published on May 25th, the Japanese Ministry of the Environment announced last week its findings that children who were exposed to higher amounts of…
Ex-Goto-gumi member wanted for murder killed in Thailand. Dead men have no mouths. 死人に口なし
According to several sources, on April 27th, a Thai tour guide was arrested after he confessed to shooting to death one Japanese tourist and wounding another while they were trekking…
Fashion model exodus from Tokyo!
Over the past few weeks, foreign models working in Japan have been gracing a different runway– the one that leads directly out of the country. According to a recent article…
#2:46 Aftershocks: Stories From The Japan Earthquake Published. Give a little, learn a lot, help some people.
2:46: Aftershocks: Stories from the Japan Earthquake aka #Quakebook, which is a compilation of art, stories, and essays to raise money for Japan earthquake survivors, went on sale today. All…
The big question answered: Who gave TEPCO permission to use plutonium at the Reactor #3, when was permission granted, and why?
UPDATE: Thanks to contributions from readers, and some hours of research, I found the answer to the question originally posed here (see original article below). The current governor of Fukushima…
Years of Disaster Drills Prevents Tsunami Deaths At Iwate Prefecture Junior High and Elementary Schools
Despite the fact that Unosumai Elementary School in Iwate-ken was engulfed by a tsunami (津波・tidal-wave), every one of the 350 students who were in the building at the time managed…
Yakuza 4: Fact or Fiction? My review and discussion with IGN
The popular 龍が如く (Yakuza) video game series by Sega was released this March (2011). My kohai (後輩) and friend from my days at Sophia, Peer Schneider at IGN asked me…