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Frank posted a new activity comment 1 week, 1 day ago
In reply to: mangabb posted an update in the group Tokyo current events ”JAPAN has switched off its last working nuclear reactor, just over a year after the Fukushima disaster. As technicians closed down the No. 3 unit at […] ViewThis summer will be real test. If we survive without nuclear power and still manage to drive the many aircons and pachinko palour lighting without outages, this will make the nuclear industry nervous.
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Frank posted a new activity comment 1 week, 1 day ago
In reply to: neko posted an update in the group Tokyo current events There will be a total eclipse of the sun on May 21. They are selling special glasses at combinis. ViewI hope this won’t encourage little kids to look at the eclipse through an empty beer bottle!
“Tokyo last experienced an annular eclipse — when the edge of the sun appears as a bright ring around the moon — 173 years ago, in September 1839. The next isn’t due for hundreds of years.
Weather permitting, residents of much of Japan, including…[Read more]
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Frank posted an update in the group
Tokyo current events 2 weeks, 3 days agoCesium exceeding new limit detected in 51 food items in nine prefectures
Radioactive cesium was detected in 51 food products from nine prefectures in excess of a new government-set limit in the first month since it was introduced April 1, according to data released by the health ministry Tuesday.
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Frank posted an update in the group
Tokyo current events 3 weeks, 6 days agoOsaka (Fukui ken) wants to restart their nuclear reactor.
Supporters of atomic energy worry that if Japan and its economy emerge relatively unscathed from a non-nuclear summer, the momentum to restart reactors will be lost forever.
good read here.http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/16/japan-restart-nuclear-reactors-stress-test
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Frank posted a new activity comment 1 month ago
In reply to: lentildude posted an update in the group TokyoVeg Fructose: (Corn Syrup) Sweet, But Dangerous You need to minimise Fructose ASAP! Especially kids. Most of the carbohydrates we eat are made up of chains of glucose. […] ViewI didn’t know about the Fructose issue. I was conscious to avoid artificial sweetners like Aspartine. A real eye opener, thanks for posting.
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Frank posted an update in the group
Tokyo current events 1 month agoA very good read in the Japan TImes on Fukushina, 1 year on.
“Fukushima: Probability theory is unsafe”
Fukushima: Probability theory is unsafe | The Japan Times OnlineA year has now passed since the complete core meltdowns of three boiling water reactors at… -
Frank replied to the forum topic Soya milk in the group
TokyoVeg 1 month, 1 week agoI wouldn’t think drinking soya milk would guarantee you a cesium free drink. You would have to confirm the soya beans used in manufacture were American and not Japanese soya beans. (If American Soya then its […]
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Frank replied to the forum topic Radiation in Japan in the group
Tokyo current events 1 month, 1 week agoRadume,
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Frank posted an update in the group
Cool stuff 1 month, 2 weeks agoThis is some of the coolest baseball you will ever see! (Softbank Hawks). It’s a 30 second commercial, well worth 30 seconds of your time… Am watching it for the 5th time !
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Frank posted a new activity comment 1 month, 3 weeks ago
In reply to: mangabb posted an update in the group Film making, Acting & Extras http://www.indiegogo.com/100Yen Theres an interesting self funded group trying to raise funds to create a film/doco on ”gamesen” in Nihon. You […] ViewI bet they don’t show some of the ”only in Japan” bizarre kinky type games. I played this game in Shinjuku where you play rock scissors & paper against some virtual girls who do a strip tease every time you win. At the end of the game a capsule drops out with a pair of panties as a prize!
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Frank started the forum topic let kids play outside — Just gargle, wash hands in the group
Tokyo current events 2 months agoThis story cannot be taken seriously but, “Lecturer tells parents Tokyo radiation is “not so serious” and to let kids play outside — Just gargle, wash hands, etc.”
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Frank posted a new activity comment 2 months, 1 week ago
In reply to: marcos posted an update in the group Tokyo current events 12 month anniversary today. I am still shocked, Japan never to be the same again. People try to move on but its a dark cloud. Hope Japan can deal with […] ViewSame here, what a double catastrophe. I am amazed at the amount of corporate generosity helping victims, especially To Son San of Softbank who donated 120mill of his own wealth plus his sallary until he retires. I hope Japan comes out of this fighting and spurs on some innovation to replace nuclear power. Yes Gambatte Nihon!
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Frank started the forum topic Japan considered evacuating Tokyo during Nuclear Crisis in the group
Tokyo current events 2 months, 2 weeks agoHere is an excerpt from the NY Times article, February 27, 2012,
“TOKYO — In the darkest moments of last year’s nuclear accident, Japanese leaders did not know the actual extent of damage at the plant and […]
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Frank posted an update in the group
Cool stuff 2 months, 4 weeks agoHeres one for you a F miracle cloth! Great for cleaning the sunnies!
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Frank started the forum topic This mornings Fuji quake. in the group
Tokyo current events 3 months, 3 weeks agoWas in the bathroom at the time, sure felt it in Tokyo!
Just checked radiation page for earthquake data, I see the two quakes match data reported on NHK. 739am & 743am.It’s a worry to have quakes close to […]
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Frank started the forum topic Largest Solar Radiation Storm in Six Years Headed Toward Earth in the group
Tokyo current events 3 months, 3 weeks agothis hits Tokyo 11pm tonight! (24th) I am tempted to ask the admin to point the geiger towards the sky for one night to see it on the radiation plot, but that may cause some confusion. I will be checking the […]
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Frank replied to the forum topic Radioactive snow in Tokyo? in the group
Tokyo current events 3 months, 4 weeks agoI read on a different Japanese site that snow samples at Lake Okutama tested normal with the radiation
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Frank started the forum topic Radioactive Grasshoppers! in the group
Tokyo current events 4 months agoWhat next!
“With a Geiger counter in his pocket, Mr. Fugo, along with two students, in October went to Iitate, a village located over 30 kilometers away from the nuclear plant and where hot spots of high […]
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Frank started the forum topic Radioactive dust Chiba, Ibaraki in the group
Tokyo current events: 5 months agoJust one to two hours drive from Tokyo, Check out the findings from Japanese journalist who tabulated soil and dust samples. Ibaraki total was 6,264.74 Bq/Kg!!
http://fukushima-diary.com/2011/12/6264-74-bqkg-from-house-dust-in-ibaraki/
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