On 4/14/2013, Fukushima Diary reported “[Bank withdrawal regulation ?] JP 6th largest bank Shinsei to ban withdrawal from ATM outside of JP [URL]” One of the three Japanese Mega banks, Mizuho Bank is also going to terminate the international cash card service to withdraw cash and check the account balance from ATMs outside of Japan. [...]
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Mizuho Bank to terminate service to withdraw cash from ATMs overseas,”owing to a variety of circumstances”
Posted by Mochizuki on May 18th, 2013
Posted in Daily News, Global consequences 
Tags: 311, ATM, bank, fukushima, japan, mizuho, nuclear, overseas, radiation, tepco 
No Comments »Marine soil contamination outside of 20km area hasn’t decreased since last September
Posted by Mochizuki on May 17th, 2013
According to Tepco, Cs-134/137 in marine soil (outside of 20km area) hasn’t decreased since 9/1/2012. On 5/17/2013, Tepco published the marine soil contamination data. They took the samples (Dry soil) at 9 locations outside of 20km area. The sampling dates are 3/5 ~ 3/23/2013. They have conducted the marine measurement for 7 times since 9/1/2012. [...]
Posted in Daily News, Global consequences, Scientific report Tags: 311, fishery products, fukushima, japan, marine soil, nuclear, pacific ocean, radiation, sea, tepco No Comments »27.5 m3 of contaminated water overflowed from tank of reactor5&6, “Forgot to switch the tanks”
Posted by Mochizuki on May 17th, 2013
According to Tepco, they had 27.5 m3 of contaminated water overflowed from the tank of reactor5 and 6. Tepco states Cs-137 and total β were lower than the detectable levels, and the water didn’t reach the Pacific ocean because the tank is 100m from the sea, which is supposed to be far enough for some [...]
Posted in Daily News, Fukushima Plant situation, Global consequences Tags: 311, contaminated water, fukushima, japan, leak, nuclear, radiation, reactor5, reactor6, tank, tepco 1 Comment »[Endlessly increasing contaminated water] Tepco “Please give us a good idea”
Posted by Mochizuki on May 16th, 2013
About the endlessly increasing contaminated water, Tepco announced they cannot build the underground impervious wall. As Fukushima Diary has been reporting, there is no way of technically stopping contaminated water increasing in Fukushima nuclear plant. (cf, [Analysis] There is no way of stopping ground water flowing into the plant [URL]) 400 tones of ground [...]
Posted in Daily News, Fukushima Plant situation, Global consequences Tags: 311, contaminated water, fukushima, ground water, japan, leak, nuclear, radiation, reservoir, retained water, tepco 11 Comments »Special Advisor to JP Cabinet, Iijima visited N. Korea, “The purpose is concealed”
Posted by Mochizuki on May 14th, 2013
According to the Korean Peninsula diplomatic source, special advisor to the Cabinet, Iijima visited N. Korea via Beijing on 5/14/2013. He was the secretary of Ex Japanese prime minister Koizumi. (2001 – 2006) He visited N. Korea with Koizumi in 2002 and 2004. The purpose of visit is not announced. The high government official also [...]
Posted in Daily News, Global consequences Tags: 311, abe, cabinet, fukushima, iijima, japan, LDP, N.korea, nuclear, prime minister, radiation, tepco 1 Comment »[Avian flu] 3 medical staff had upper respiratory tract infection after treating the 1st patient
Posted by Mochizuki on April 29th, 2013
On 4/25/2013, Taiwan CDC announced a man (53) from Taiwan had avian influenza (H7N9) for the first case. According to Centers for Disease Control , R.O.C.(Taiwan), three medical staff had upper respiratory tract infection after treating the first patient. They were wearing the protective equipment. They reported this below, On the other hand, while [...]
Posted in Daily News, Global consequences Tags: avian influenza, china, H7N9, japan, medical, Taiwan Comments Off[Express] “JP gov offered N. Marianas gov a huge economical support for the condition to accept disaster debris”
Posted by Mochizuki on April 27th, 2013
Introducing important Tweets as [Express] for simultaneous updates. <Translate> It’s been a while to see Saipan governor in US since we met in the field research. He said, “North Marianas government made the statement to accept disaster debris from Japan, but it hasn’t been talked about for a while. I wonder what is going [...]
Posted in Daily News, Global consequences, Media blackout Tags: 311, debris, express, fukushima, japan, nuclear, radiation, saipan, tepco, tweet, US Comments OffAustralian embassy to transfer visa processing function from Japan to S. Korea
Posted by Mochizuki on April 26th, 2013
According to Australian embassy, they will no longer process the visa application from Japanese citizens in Japan after this May. Because they are going to process the visa application in S. Korea instead of Japan, Japanese people will need to submit the relavant documents to Seoul. The reason of this change is not announced. They [...]
Tepco is about to discharge pumped ground water to sea, “They won’t remove 21,000 Bq/m3 of Tritium”
Posted by Mochizuki on April 26th, 2013
According to Tepco, they are ready to discharge pumped ground water to the sea. Currently 400 tones of ground water flows to the plant everyday. To control this water, Tepco made 12 wells to pump up the water before flowing to the plant. Tepco is now ready to discharge the water pumped from 4 of [...]
Posted in Daily News, Global consequences Tags: 311, discharge, fukushima, groundwater, japan, nuclear, radiation, sea, tepco, tritium, well Comments OffCTBT measured unusually high level of Xe-133 and Xe-131m 4/8~4/9, Vienna “It’s due to N. Korea”
Posted by Mochizuki on April 23rd, 2013
According to CTBT, Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty’s radiation monitoring post in Takasaki Gunma, unusual level of Xe-133 and Xe-131m were measured from 4/8 ~ 4/9/2013. CTBT in Japan comments Xe-133 has been lower than 0.64 mBq/m3 and Xe-131m has been lower than 0.21 mBq/m3 in the past 15 months. The detected level was unusually high. However, [...]
Posted in Daily News, Global consequences Tags: 311, CTBT, fukushima, japan, north korea, nuclear, radiation, tepco 1 Comment »
