Re: Japan - Major Earthquake Magnitude 9.0 on Mar 11, Many thousands dead & missing - March 27+
NHK
Jordanian, Thai doctors to arrive in Fukushima
Doctors from Jordan and Thailand are to work with Japanese doctors in Fukushima to assist evacuees suffering from "economy-class syndrome" and other diseases.....
Saturday, April 23, 2011 10:34 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/23_08.html
Kitazawa thanks special US nuclear rescue team
Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa has expressed gratitude to a special US military unit that has been dispatched to Japan to stand ready for an emergency at the disaster-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.....
Saturday, April 23, 2011 15:01 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/23_13.html
Toyota may add power outlets to more hybrid cars
Toyota Motor is considering the addition of a power outlet for home appliances to more of its hybrid vehicles.....
Saturday, April 23, 2011 15:47 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/23_15.html
Pope Benedict Q&A with earthquake survivor
Pope Benedict the 16th says he is praying for the children who are suffering in Japan....
Saturday, April 23, 2011 02:55 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/23_03.html she is a child actress, Elena Matsuki
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Yomiuri online
Japan earmarks first 4 trillion yen for post-quake rebuild
Japan's Cabinet approved on Friday almost $50 billion of spending for post-earthquake rebuilding, a downpayment on the country's biggest public works effort in six decades....
http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201104220205.html
Time names Fukushima mayor, Miyagi doctor in top 100
NEW YORK--A mayor whose online plea spotlighted the plight of his city's residents in the early days of Japan's nuclear crisis and a doctor who worked through the March 11 disaster were among Time magazine's 100 most influential people in the world.....
http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201104220204.html
Increased power supply eases summer savings goal to 15%
The government will lower its electricity savings goals for this summer's peak power consumption in the Tokyo area and the Tohoku region to a flat 15 percent compared with levels last summer, sources said.....
http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201104220210.html
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Mainichi jp(Kyodo, AP)
Jordan, Thailand to send medical teams to Fukushima
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Jordan and Thailand are to send medical teams to Fukushima Prefecture to help local medics treat survivors of the devastating March 11 quake and tsunami, the Japanese Foreign Ministry said Friday.....
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/natio...dm001000c.html
Gov't to scrap 1,000 yen expressway toll limit in June
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Transport minister Akihiro Ohata said Friday that the government will scrap the 1,000 yen upper limit for expressway tolls on national holidays in June to help secure funds for an extra budget in fiscal 2011 for the reconstruction of areas devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.....
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/natio...dm007000c.html
Pope responds to question from Catholic girl in quake-stricken Japan
ROME (Kyodo) -- Pope Benedict XVI, in his first attempt to field questions from TV viewers, responded Friday to a question posed by a 7-year-old girl about the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japan's northeast....
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/natio...dm008000c.html
Kan says debt issuance, perhaps tax hike needed for reconstruction
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Prime Minister Naoto Kan said Friday the government will most likely need to issue new bonds for a sizable second extra budget, expected to be drawn up around June, to finance reconstruction in the earthquake- and tsunami-hit northeastern region.....
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/natio...dm011000c.html
Emergency callouts in tsunami-ravaged coastal areas reach record high
Ambulances were dispatched over 1,500 times to evacuation shelters in coastal areas of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures in the month following the March 11 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, and the ensuing nuclear power plant crisis, it has been learned....
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/natio...na009000c.html
Tokyo Disney Resort under pressure to cut down on power consumption
URAYASU, Chiba -- The operator of Tokyo Disney Resort is under pressure to reduce electric power consumption in anticipation of a power shortage this summer.....
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/natio...na019000c.html
Japan quake briefly cut U.S. military computer links
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colorado (AP) -- The Air Force says computer links with some U.S. bases in the Pacific were severed by the earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan on March 11, but one of its cyber squadrons restored them within five hours....
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/natio...dm060000c.html
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Sankei news
Otsuchi town, Iwate pref
4/23
Kesennuma city, Miyagi pref
4/23
JMA
http://www.jma.go.jp/jma/en/News/201...e_back_up.html
NHK
Jordanian, Thai doctors to arrive in Fukushima
Doctors from Jordan and Thailand are to work with Japanese doctors in Fukushima to assist evacuees suffering from "economy-class syndrome" and other diseases.....
Saturday, April 23, 2011 10:34 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/23_08.html
Kitazawa thanks special US nuclear rescue team
Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa has expressed gratitude to a special US military unit that has been dispatched to Japan to stand ready for an emergency at the disaster-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.....
Saturday, April 23, 2011 15:01 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/23_13.html
Toyota may add power outlets to more hybrid cars
Toyota Motor is considering the addition of a power outlet for home appliances to more of its hybrid vehicles.....
Saturday, April 23, 2011 15:47 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/23_15.html
Pope Benedict Q&A with earthquake survivor
Pope Benedict the 16th says he is praying for the children who are suffering in Japan....
Saturday, April 23, 2011 02:55 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/23_03.html she is a child actress, Elena Matsuki
____________
Yomiuri online
Japan earmarks first 4 trillion yen for post-quake rebuild
Japan's Cabinet approved on Friday almost $50 billion of spending for post-earthquake rebuilding, a downpayment on the country's biggest public works effort in six decades....
http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201104220205.html
Time names Fukushima mayor, Miyagi doctor in top 100
NEW YORK--A mayor whose online plea spotlighted the plight of his city's residents in the early days of Japan's nuclear crisis and a doctor who worked through the March 11 disaster were among Time magazine's 100 most influential people in the world.....
http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201104220204.html
Increased power supply eases summer savings goal to 15%
The government will lower its electricity savings goals for this summer's peak power consumption in the Tokyo area and the Tohoku region to a flat 15 percent compared with levels last summer, sources said.....
http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201104220210.html
_________________
Mainichi jp(Kyodo, AP)
Jordan, Thailand to send medical teams to Fukushima
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Jordan and Thailand are to send medical teams to Fukushima Prefecture to help local medics treat survivors of the devastating March 11 quake and tsunami, the Japanese Foreign Ministry said Friday.....
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/natio...dm001000c.html
Gov't to scrap 1,000 yen expressway toll limit in June
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Transport minister Akihiro Ohata said Friday that the government will scrap the 1,000 yen upper limit for expressway tolls on national holidays in June to help secure funds for an extra budget in fiscal 2011 for the reconstruction of areas devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.....
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/natio...dm007000c.html
Pope responds to question from Catholic girl in quake-stricken Japan
ROME (Kyodo) -- Pope Benedict XVI, in his first attempt to field questions from TV viewers, responded Friday to a question posed by a 7-year-old girl about the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japan's northeast....
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/natio...dm008000c.html
Kan says debt issuance, perhaps tax hike needed for reconstruction
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Prime Minister Naoto Kan said Friday the government will most likely need to issue new bonds for a sizable second extra budget, expected to be drawn up around June, to finance reconstruction in the earthquake- and tsunami-hit northeastern region.....
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/natio...dm011000c.html
Emergency callouts in tsunami-ravaged coastal areas reach record high
Ambulances were dispatched over 1,500 times to evacuation shelters in coastal areas of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures in the month following the March 11 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, and the ensuing nuclear power plant crisis, it has been learned....
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/natio...na009000c.html
Tokyo Disney Resort under pressure to cut down on power consumption
URAYASU, Chiba -- The operator of Tokyo Disney Resort is under pressure to reduce electric power consumption in anticipation of a power shortage this summer.....
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/natio...na019000c.html
Japan quake briefly cut U.S. military computer links
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colorado (AP) -- The Air Force says computer links with some U.S. bases in the Pacific were severed by the earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan on March 11, but one of its cyber squadrons restored them within five hours....
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/natio...dm060000c.html
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Sankei news
Otsuchi town, Iwate pref
4/23
Kesennuma city, Miyagi pref
4/23
JMA
http://www.jma.go.jp/jma/en/News/201...e_back_up.html
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