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What is Nadeshiko Japan?

The team, nicknamed Nadeshiko Japan, received the "National Honor Award," which recognizes those "whose distinguished accomplishments have brought the light of hope to society," according to the Prime Minister's Office.

The Japan women's national soccer team, or Nadeshiko Japan (なでしこジャパン), is a selection of the best female players in Japan and is run by the Japan Football Association (JFA).

Japan defeated the U.S. in the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup Final in a penalty shootout, becoming the first Asian team to win the FIFA Women's World Cup.

The etymology of "Nadeshiko(なでしこ/撫子)" is "Yamato Nadeshiko(やまとなでしこ/大和撫子)".

SETSUDEN(Conserving energy in Japan):
We must save energy now

SETSUDEN(節電)... do you know this Japanese word?

The term SETSUDEN is Japanese for "Energy conservation".

Setsuden, to conserve electricity and prevent a large-scale blackout.

A poster in a shop window explains that the establishment is open for business, but in electricity-saving (SETSUDEN) mode.

Offices and factories are turning up thermostats and turning off lights, cutting back on overtime, and shifting work hours.

 

As reported in the media almost around the world, the nuclear power plant in Fukushima prefecture was damaged by the earthquake that happened on March 11.

The Fukushima plant had been one of the most important power sources for the Tokyo metropolitan area , so when the accident happened, there was immediate concern that there would be electricity shortages in the area.

Fire in Fukushima unit 4 may have been caused by unit 3

Fukushima nuclear accident due to Japanese huge earthquake.

A preliminary analysis suggests that a fire inside the unit 4 reactor building at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant may have been sparked by hydrogen gas from unit 3, Nature News has learned.

The new findings contradict previous reports of serious fuel damage at the unit 4 reactor and may mean that clean up of its fuel will be less difficult than previously feared.

A common ventilation system shared by the two reactors could have allowed explosive hydrogen gas to seep from unit 3 to unit 4, a new analysis from the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) concludes.

The work is preliminary and could still turn out to be wrong, the company emphasized in a note to industry insiders seen by Nature.

But it could explain why fuel inside unit 4 appears mostly intact, contrary to early reports of heavy damage.

Shortly after a massive earthquake and tsunami on 11 March, three operating reactors at Fukushima Daiichi found themselves in serious trouble.

The radiation poisoning water is 100 times the standard value

 

The tsunami knocked out the unit 1, 2, and 3 reactors' backup cooling systems, causing their nuclear fuel to heat up and melt.
As it did so, it released volatile hydrogen gas, which built up inside the reactors.
When the gas was vented to relieve the pressure, it triggered a series of massive explosions that destroyed their outer buildings.

 

 

TEPCO President Steps Down Over Fukushima Nuclear Crises

Masataka Shimizu, the president of Tokyo Electric Power Co., stepped down Friday amid spiraling financial losses related to the ongoing nuclear crisis at the crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi power plant.

Shimizu's resignation was widely expected, and it came on the same day the utility, commonly known as TEPCO, reported the biggest losses in the history of the company.

"[The Fukushima crises] has caused a caused a considerable amount of anxiety and burdened the public tremendously," Shimizu told reporters.

"Considering those factors, I must take responsibility.

It's important to draw a line, right now."

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Stupid Japanese Government

In Chernobyl accident (April 26, 1986), all children in Kiev in Ukraine that was the capital were protected from May to September in the rest home in old Soviet various places.

Japanese Government should protect all pregnant women and children who live in the radioactivity radiation exposure region.

The soil of Fukushima Prefecture of the school in Fukushima City and Koriyama City is exposed to radiation.
Japanese Government has raised an radiation exposure amount standard value to "It is 20 millisieverts year".

Japanese Government has been severely criticized from not only Japan but also the world.

How stupid Japanese politicians are.

"A standard value 20 millisieverts" is "General public reference level after the state of emergency convergence" provided by International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP).
It is a standard value for the adult, and is very high amount of radiation exposure for children.

 

The president of Tokyo Electric (9501.T) had asked the government earlier on Tuesday to help shoulder a compensation bill for the nuclear crisis that is expected to run into tens of billions of dollars.

so...Japanese Government will increase taxes.

 

Tokyo Electric said, "Our fundraising situation is extremely difficult,""If this situation continues ... sooner or later we will not be able to secure enough funds, potentially affecting not only fair and timely compensation payments for victims but also the stable supply of electricity."

Sooner or later...electricity prices will be raised.

 

"What does Japanese Government think?"
"When does Japanese Government help the earthquake victims?"
Almost all Japanese think so.

We are suffering from stupid Japanese Government and stupid Tokyo Electric.

 

Japanese earthquake damage for as of May 21, 2011
The dead: About 15,000 people
Missing persons: About 9,000 people
Evacuees: About 200,000 people

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Videos for Japan Tohoku and Kanto Great earthquake:
東北関東大震災(touhoku kantou daishinsai)

The massive earthquake of maximum magnitude 9.0 occurred in the Pacific Ocean coast in Tohoku in the history of the observation in Japan on March 11, 2011.

A very intense shake of seven in the seismic intensity was observed in Miyagi Prefecture, and the tsunami was observed in various places in the Pacific Ocean coast.

Japan NHK news

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The big earthquake in Japan

The tsunami is terrible.
The death toll soared. The tsunami is terrible.
Big aftershock, frequent occurrence.

Fukushima nuclear plant: Reactor core: Melt: a radiation leak

 

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