Posted on 03/20/2011 12:28:54 PM PDT by goodnesswins
Post news of Recovery and Relief in Japan....and ways to help.....HERE
Here is previous thread....
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2691038/posts?page=20#20
>> The Japanese have always been very willing to turn away from those that need help amongst them. It is their culture.
Whether or not that is true, we are not Japan.
I learned about this organization through television this morning: U.S.-Japan Council
This is excellent. I am a fan of pre-fab housing, when it is done well.
There will still be a period of painful adjustment for people as they realize, even though new housing is available to them, they will never recover what they had. It is really hard to start over fresh on top of such tragedy.
Will keep this thread and NOT start a new one....thanks...I misunderstood.
Will keep this thread and NOT start a new one....thanks...I misunderstood.
Oil industry in full gear / Initial fuel pinch easing in Kanto, parts of Tohoku
Is Japan's Bureaucracy Strangling Humanitarian Aid?
Hey, I know it's from TIME mag and circumstances are overwhelming, but I think she has a point...
I don’t have time to read the whole thing right now, but I am in contact with a lot of people and everything I hear says the bottleneck is not bureaucracy, it’s transportation. The pipelines are just not that wide right now.
There are only so many undamaged roads and railways so the ones that are usable are being strictly controlled. They have to be. A major traffic jam at this point could take days to unsnarl and there has been so many major aftershocks in the last few days that nobody is even counting them anymore.
So, while it’s heartening that so many people want to rush to the scene and help, I think that criticism of the government efforts are, at best, misplaced.
Could thing be better? Obviously. Nothing made by human hands or formulated by human brains is ever perfect. But this kind of Monday morning quarterbacking isn’t that helpful.
Makers put rush on essential goods for disaster zones
From the Mainichi:
More oil on way to Tokyo, quake-hit areas as producers resume ops
Companies set to hire more fresh grads as economy shows signs of recovery
Tokyo stocks jump on easing market worries about nuke crisis
From the Nikkei:
The Nikkei picture collection, as updated daily
Control room power restored / Revived panel warns of high temperatures; pumps turn to fresh water
Lights go on to sighs of relief
Thanks for your continuous updating!
This was interesting....how to live when water is scarce...
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110323004953.htm
Thank you for your experienced, on-scene observations, which I trust more than a TIMES reporter.
I have stayed away from any finger-pointing, blame, scandal, scares, etc. in relation to catastrophe-sticken Japan.
It did and does bother me, though, to know people have been so cold and hungry while displaced. The Japanese people are extraordinary in the way they handle this. I just hope government is not being too polite or proper.
I take it you and yours are doing okay...??
“Let’s Go, Japan” is interesting reading; it seems the Nikkei editor-in-chief is a bit perturbed with government also. Perhaps the Japanese people will learn, as Americans did during Katrina, that private non-government charity works better and provides faster relief.
However, I think that the editor of the very prestigious Nikkei does deserve a voice on these issues, even if my opinions differ. I would not have bothered to post such material from, say, the Asahi editors.
His tone is mild compared to the kind of vitriol that was put out in the U.S. versus Bush43. It appears the Nikkei editor just wants to give a spirited prod to the efforts, to keep the government focused and not going off on tangents.
From the Nikkei:
Toyota To Resume Prius Output, Honda Plans On Hold
Foreign Airlines To Resume Flights To And From Narita Airport
Whaling Ship To Transport Relief Supplies For Quake Victims
From the Mainichi:
Restoration work resumed at nuke plant, but 3 exposed to radiation
Fire brigade members in tsunami-ravaged town stood ground until the end
Iodine detected in Tokyo tap water no major cause for concern: expertsPhoto
Japanese fuel terminal reopens
From the Asahi:
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