How one village defied the tsunami (by Japan Times)

Well prepared: Players and their coach at Fudai Junior High School clean a tennis court against the backdrop of the floodgate in the village of Fudai, Iwate Prefecture, on April 26. AP

http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20110518f1.html

Quake seen as 'teachable moment' in U.S. (by Yomiuri Shimbun)

Earthquakes, tsunami and nuclear power technology have become trending topics in middle and high school classrooms in the United States in the wake of the March 11 disaster in Japan.


http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/world/T110419004251.htm

Radiation tests lacking / Nuclear plant workers unsure of internal exposure levels (by Yomiuri Shimbun)

Nearly two months after the start of the crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, only 10 percent of workers there had been tested for internal radiation exposure caused by inhalation or ingestion of radioactive substances, due to a shortage of testing equipment available for them.

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110518006065.htm

In Japan Reactor Failings, Danger Signs for the U.S. (by NYT)

TOKYO — Emergency vents that American officials have said would prevent devastating hydrogen explosions at nuclear plants in the United States were put to the test in Japan — and failed to work, according to experts and officials with the company that operates the crippled Fukushima Daiichi plant.

The failure of the vents calls into question the safety of similar nuclear power plants in the United States and Japan.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/18/world/asia/18japan.html?hp

Levees need reinforcing to prevent tsunami damage, say researchers (by Mainichi Shimbun)

A levee destroyed by the March 11 tsunami is pictured along the Kitakami River. (Photo courtesy of Kyuichi Maruyama)

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20110518p2a00m0na010000c.html

Osaka to designate evacuation facilities for 850,000 people in case of large tsunami (by Mainichi Shimbun)

OSAKA -- City officials here will designate facilities capable of temporarily holding 850,000 evacuees should a large tsunami strike the city, it has been announced.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20110518p2a00m0na008000c.html

Fresh Tales of Chaos Emerge From Early in Nuclear Crisis . (by WSJ)

This DigitalGlobe handout image shows the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant on March 14, three days after the quake and tsunami.
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