Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Quake survivors left with various items to treasure (photos by Mainichi Shimbun)
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/photospecials/graph/treasures/
Japan-supported Cambodian villagers give back with disaster aid donation (by Mainichi Shimbun)
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20110419p2a00m0na016000c.html
Cotton threads produced by Cambodian villagers supported by Japanese NPO Nature Saves Cambodia are seen in this recent photo. (Mainichi)
Cotton threads produced by Cambodian villagers supported by Japanese NPO Nature Saves Cambodia are seen in this recent photo. (Mainichi)
Nuclear plant operators did not plan for long-term loss of power supply (by Mainichi Shimbun)
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20110419p2a00m0na013000c.html
In this image released Saturday, April 16, 2011, by Tokyo Electric Power Co., top of the container of the nuclear reactor, painted in yellow, of Unit 4 at the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Plant is observed from its side with a T-Hawk drone Friday, April 15, 2011 in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan. (AP Photo/Tokyo Electric Power Co.)
In this image released Saturday, April 16, 2011, by Tokyo Electric Power Co., top of the container of the nuclear reactor, painted in yellow, of Unit 4 at the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Plant is observed from its side with a T-Hawk drone Friday, April 15, 2011 in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan. (AP Photo/Tokyo Electric Power Co.)
Disaster victims teamed up on day after quake to deliver baby (by Mainichi Shimbun)
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/19/20110419p2a00m0na019000c.html
Yuki Terada, right, and her husband Kosaku, left, hold their baby boy Shunsuke at their home in Suginami Ward, Tokyo, on April 17. (Mainichi)
Yuki Terada, right, and her husband Kosaku, left, hold their baby boy Shunsuke at their home in Suginami Ward, Tokyo, on April 17. (Mainichi)
Monday, April 18, 2011
Sold my cows and out of business--to start anew, we need the government to present clear policy
Mr. Terushige Oka (57), Minami Soma City, Fukushima Prefecture
Mr. Oka used to run his dairy farm located within 30 kilometers from Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant and people in the area are ordered indoors.
"We have no cows anymore. we sold them all. When the power plant exploded on March 15th, we evacuated but we had a chance to come back once. That was when I sold them. I started this dairy farm when I was 25 years old and have worked hard to increase the number of the cows to 47. I had both milking cows and black cattle for meat. I used to earn 10 million yen annually. How much do you think I got when I sold them? Only 800,000 yen.
But my case was better. Some dairy farmers that I have known still take care of their cows. You need to pump milk everyday and feed them. Yet, you need to dump the milk since you cannot ship it in the market.
When the government drew the line by the distance from the plant in deciding whom to be compensated, they should have destroyed the cows. Same is true to other farmers as well. Salarymen can survive even if their company collapses. They could find another company. But Farmers cannot do anything if it goes out of business. Yet, I still hope to start my dairy farm again. But even if I buy new cows now, I cannot do anything because I am in the area where people are ordered indoors. I would like the government to clearly show their policy as soon as possible.
Daily Sports Newspaper, "Photo Gallery," April 13, 2011
http://photos.nikkansports.com/general/genki/archives/20110413_14637.html
Translated by Yuka Yamashita
Mr. Oka used to run his dairy farm located within 30 kilometers from Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant and people in the area are ordered indoors.
"We have no cows anymore. we sold them all. When the power plant exploded on March 15th, we evacuated but we had a chance to come back once. That was when I sold them. I started this dairy farm when I was 25 years old and have worked hard to increase the number of the cows to 47. I had both milking cows and black cattle for meat. I used to earn 10 million yen annually. How much do you think I got when I sold them? Only 800,000 yen.
But my case was better. Some dairy farmers that I have known still take care of their cows. You need to pump milk everyday and feed them. Yet, you need to dump the milk since you cannot ship it in the market.
When the government drew the line by the distance from the plant in deciding whom to be compensated, they should have destroyed the cows. Same is true to other farmers as well. Salarymen can survive even if their company collapses. They could find another company. But Farmers cannot do anything if it goes out of business. Yet, I still hope to start my dairy farm again. But even if I buy new cows now, I cannot do anything because I am in the area where people are ordered indoors. I would like the government to clearly show their policy as soon as possible.
Daily Sports Newspaper, "Photo Gallery," April 13, 2011
http://photos.nikkansports.com/general/genki/archives/20110413_14637.html
Translated by Yuka Yamashita
Compensation by TEPCO should be decided by radiation level and the extent of damage, not by distance
(by Mrs. Yaeko Sato(55), Koriyama City in Fukushima Prefecture at a gymnasium in Niigata City)
I stay at an evacuation center leaving my self-employed husband home out of fears of radiation. Although the radiation level in Koriyama City is high, people in the city are not eligible for compensations from TEPCO according to a newspaper. The coverage of compensation should be decided based on the radiation level and the extent of damage, not on the distance.
Niigata Nippo netpark, "Voices of Evacuees in the Prefecture"
http://www.niigata-nippo.co.jp/news/subgenre/51/21978.html
Translated by Takako Takata
I stay at an evacuation center leaving my self-employed husband home out of fears of radiation. Although the radiation level in Koriyama City is high, people in the city are not eligible for compensations from TEPCO according to a newspaper. The coverage of compensation should be decided based on the radiation level and the extent of damage, not on the distance.
Niigata Nippo netpark, "Voices of Evacuees in the Prefecture"
http://www.niigata-nippo.co.jp/news/subgenre/51/21978.html
Translated by Takako Takata
Evacuees say they want jobs more than money (by Mainichi Shimbun)
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20110418p2a00m0na008000c.html
Residents on the outskirts of Fukushima crowd into an elementary school gymnasium for a town hall meeting on the impact of radiation exposure from the nearby leaking Fukushima nuclear facilities, Tuesday, March 22, 2011 in the town of Kawamata, Fukushima Prefecture, (AP Photo/Wally Santana)
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