[Column] Living evidence

People don’t believe me living on blogging.

and it’s not even advertisement, it’s donation.

When I left Japan last December, I had no idea how to live on. In France, you need a working visa if you try to get a job, and that must be obtained in Japan. but I won’t go back to Japan anymore. No money, no job, and I don’t even had health insurance. Once I was injured or got a serious desease, it’s just over.

It’s such a helpless feeling. but at least I wasn’t exposed like Fukushima children, and it helped me not to miss my old life too much that I had to focus on tonight’s dinner.

At that time, I was still doing google adsense, but it makes you only 100 ~ 200 USD a month. It’s better than nothing but not enough to live even in Romania.

I hated the advertisement because it looks disgusting and too distractive.

I switched to donation “system”.

That was my first attempt, but I believed in humanity.

I believed the society won’t let me broke as long as I’m useful.

If they let me broke, that means I’m useless. Time to change.

I went to a major electric appliance company after my graduation from university.

Their products were totally useless, but by investing billions of money on advertisement, they tried to make us buy their products. Advertisement is the cost of being useless.

I didn’t want to be like that. I chose the way of “wikipedia”. I think internet economy will go to that way.

It’s not only money, but also accommodation, food, translation etc..

It’s becoming one year since I left Japan, but I’m still alive.

I wanted to show Japanese people that I’m happily living anywhere.

When the airplane turned on the engine at Tokyo airport, I got the phone call from my mother. but because the stewardess was coming toward me, I couldn’t answer. That was the last call and I missed it.

However I actually had nothing much to talk about. I just wanted her to see me leaving.

I expected my actually moving gives them more impression than explaining in words.

When I was in high school, there were top class and not-top class. Luckily I was sent to the top class but I returned an answer sheet of the test half empty to go back to the not-top class. I hated the system and wanted my classmates to understand it.

Since then, about half of the classmates quit going to the top class too.

I have no regret in my life.

but I still have so much to do before I die. I need to prove internet can be a replacement of a part of journalism, or sometimes more than that.

Just after 311, the only source to keep feeding us repliable information was twitter and the internet. By the night of 3/11/2011, people were already starting to talk about meltdown, which is one month before Japanese government. Before CNN flew to the disaster area, people were tweeting about their situation and we could know that on real-time. Even now, you can tell what dream a Fukushima worker saw last night by twitter, for free. I believe in millions of nameless users and I have never been deceived unlike I was manipulated by media.

It’s time to open the sanctuary of journalism for everybody in the world.

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Italiano:

[Editoriale] Vivere l’evidenza

Le persone non credono che io viva di blogging.
E non c’è nemmeno la pubblicità, è a donazione.
Quando ho lasciato il Giappone lo scorso Dicembre non avevo idea di come sopravvivere. In Francia hai bisogno di una Visa che funzioni se vuoi cercare un lavoro, e devi averla ottenuta in Giappone. Ma io non tornerò in Giappone mai più. Senza soldi, senza lavoro, non ho nemmeno l’assicurazione sanitaria. Se mi fossi ferito o malato gravemente sarei stato spacciato.
E’ una sensazione di totale impotenza. Almeno, però, non sono stato esposto come i bambini di Fukushima, e questo mi ha aiutato a non farmi mancare troppo la mia vecchia vita e a focalizzarmi sulla cena.
A quel tempo stavo ancora utilizzando google adsense, ma guadagnavo solo 100 ~ 200 dollari al mese. E’ meglio di niente ma non abbastanza nemmeno per vivere in Romania.
Odiavo la pubblicità perchè appariva disgustosa e distraeva troppo.
Sono passato al “sistema” di donazione.
E’ stato il mio primo tentativo, ma credevo nell’umanità.
Ho creduto che la società non mi avrebbe lasciato morire finchè fossi stato utile.
Se mi avessero lasciato morire avrebbe significato che ero inutile, che era tempo di cambiare.

Sono andato in un’importante compagnia di apparecchi elettrici dopo il mio diploma universitario.
I loro prodotti erano totalmente inutili, ma investendo milioni nella pubblicità cercavano di farci comprare i loro prodotti. La pubblicità è il prezzo dell’essere inutili.
Io non volevo essere così. Ho scelto la via di “wikipedia”. Ho pensato che l’economia in internet sarebbe andata così.
Non si tratta solo di soldi, ma anche di ospitalità, di cibo, di traduzioni ecc…
E’ passato ormai un anno da quando ho lasciato il Giappone ma sono ancora vivo.
Volevo mostrare ai giapponesi che vivo bene dappertutto.

Quando l’aereo ha acceso i motori all’aereoporto di Tokyo ho ricevuto una chiamata da mia madre, ma dal momento che gli steward stavano venendo verso di me non ho potuto rispondere. E’ stata l’ultima chiamata e l’ho persa.
In ogni caso, non avevo poi molto di cui parlare. Volevo solo che mi vedesse partire.
Mi aspettavo che i fatti li impressionassero più delle parole.

Quando ero alle superiori c’erano le classi di prim’ordine e quelle che non lo erano. Per fortuna io sono stato mandato in una classe di prim’ordine ma ho restituito il foglio con le risposte del test mezzo vuoto per ritornare alla classe inferiore. Odiavo il sistema e volevo che i miei compagni lo capissero.
Da allora circa la metà dei miei compagni di classe hanno smesso di andare nella classe migliore.
Io non ho rimpianti.
Tuttavia devo ancora fare così tante cose prima di morire. Devo provare che internet può essere un sostituto di parte del giornalismo, o anche qualcosa di più.
Subito dopo l’11.03 l’unica risorsa con cui nutrirci di nuove informazioni erano twitter e internet. La notte dell’ 11/03/2011 le persone stavano già iniziando a parlare della fusione, un mese prima del governo giapponese. Prima che la CNN volasse sull’area del disastro le persone stavano tweetando a proposito della loro situazione e non potevamo saperlo in tempo reale. Anche oggi puoi raccontare che sogno un operaio di Fukushima ha fatto la notte scorsa su Twitter, gratis.
Io credo in milioni di utenti senza nome e non sono mai stato ingannato a differenza di come sono stato manipolato dai media.
E’ tempo di aprire il santuario del giornalismo per tutti, nel mondo.

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Français :

[Edito] Vivre l’évidence

Les gens ne croient pas que je vis de mon blog.
et que ce n’est pas de publicités mais de dons.

Quand j’ai quitté le Japon en décembre, je n’avais aucune idée de comment vivre. En France, vous avez besoin d’un visa de travail si vous voulez essayer d’avoir un boulot et vous devez l’obtenir au Japon . mais je ne retournerai plus jamais au Japon. Pas d’argent, pas de travail et même pas d’assurance santé. Si je suis gravement blessé ou si j’attrape une malade grave, c’est fini.
C’est simplement un sentiment d’impuissance mais au moins je n’ai pas été exposé comme les enfants de Fukushima et ça m’a aidé à ne pas trop rater ma vieille vie à me focaliser sur le repas du soir.

A ce moment-là, je faisais encore de la pub sur Google mais ça ne rapporte que 100 à 200 USD par mois. C’est mieux que rien mais ce n’est pas assez pour vivre, même en Roumanie.

J’ai détesté la pub parce que c’est dégoûtant et trop distrayant.
J’ai basculé sur le “système” des dons.
C’était ma première tentative mais je croyais en l’humanité.
Je pensais que la société ne me laisserait pas tomber tant que je suis utile.
S’ils me laissent tomber, ça veut dire que je ne suis plus utile. Temps de changer.

Après mon diplôme universitaire, je me suis rendu dans une grosse société d’appareils électriques.
Leurs produits étaient totalement inutiles mais en investissant des milliards dans la pub ils ont essayé de les faire acheter. La pub est le prix de l’inutilité.
Je ne voulais pas être comme ça. J’ai choisi le moyen de “wikipedia”. Je pense que l’économie sur internet va aller par là. Ce n’est pas seulement l’argent mais aussi le logement, la nourriture, les traductions, etc.

Ça fera bientôt un an que j’ai quitté le Japon et je suis toujours vivant.
Je voulais montrer aux japonais que je vis heureux n’importe où.

Quand l’avion a allumé ses moteurs à l’aéroport de Tokyo, j’ai eu un appel de ma mère mais parce que l’hôtesse venait sur moi je n’ai pas pu répondre. Ce fut le dernier appel et je l’ai manqué.
Toutefois, je n’avais en fait rien de plus à lui dire. Je voulais juste qu’elle me voit partir.
Je m’attendais à ce que mes déplacements effectifs leur feraient plus d’impression que ce que les mots peuvent en dire.

Quand j’étais en high school, il y avait des top class et des not-top class. Par chance j’ai été envoyé dans une top class mais j’ai rendu un questionnaire de test à moitié vide pour retourner dans la not-top class. Je détestait ce système et je voulais que mes camarades de classe le comprennent.
Depuis lors, environ la moitié de mes camarades aussi évitent d’aller dans une top class.

Je ne regrette rien de ma vie.
mais j’ai toujours tellement à faire avant de mourir.
J’ai besoin de prouver qu’internet peut remplacer une partie du journalisme, et parfois plus.

Juste après le 11-3, la seule source pour nous alimenter avec d’informations fiables était Twitter et l’internet. Dans la nuit du 11-3-2011, les gens parlaient déjà de fusion des réacteurs, c’est à dire un mois avant le gouvernement japonais. Avant que CNN s’envole vers la région dévastée, les gens tweetaient leur situation et on pouvait le savoir en temps réel. Même maintenant, avec Twitter vous pouvez dire à quoi a rêvé un ouvrier de Fukushima la nuit dernière, gratuitement. Je crois en ces milliards d’utilisateurs anonymes et je n’en ai jamais été déçu alors que j’ai été manipulé par les médias.

Il est temps d’ouvrir le sanctuaire du journalisme à n’importe qui au monde.

  1. With billion dollar propaganda and spy agency claiming to be a public broadcaster, Japan will go no where. Information is key and the oligarchs of you country fear it. With information, they will be overthrown overnight. That is why lying at a national level is necessary.

  2. Do not worry Iori. Very shortly all of the people who were insensitive to you will soon come to you begging for information. Get some rest until they do.

  3. Already net has replaced mainstream media. No one believes MSM anymore because it is full of lies. CNN, which had 25 million viewers a day in 1990 now has less than 500,000 a day. TV and broadcast are dying because they are all liars and everyone knows it. No one wants to listen to a bunch of liars. So, your idea is valid. You can and are changing the world.

    Iori, I want you to read 2 books. They will change your life forever. The 1st is called The Power Of Your Subconscious Mind by Joseph Murphy. The second is The Magic of Believing by Claude Bristol. Both are books about how the mind works and how the mind affects reality. Once you read these books your life will never be the same.

    The great secret of life is that anything is possible to anyone – all it takes is vision, determination, belief, and desire. That combined with action. Beleive me, I have seen it happen in my own life. The mind is everything. You can achieve anything you determine to. Anything is possible.

    Remember what Ghandi said:

    “First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they attack you, then you win”.

    You will win.

  4. I tried a few times to donate with credit cards (all good cards). Each card didn’t work.

    I *LOVE* your personal story.

    I want you to start a Kickstart project.

    I want to see your personal story you have written on this blog printed in a table top book.

    Call it “Life After Fukushima: My Journey, Volume I”.

    It was something you wrote that got me thinking about this. “Gypsies and dogs in the street. And me.” I like your sense of humor.

    You can put in a request on Kickstarter that you also need someone to help edit your personal story that you have already recorded in this blog. Someone that can polish it up for a book publishing editor.

    Your book would sell like hotcakes.

    It could have pictures, interesting tweets that you have found that have touched you, your adventures getting out of Japan and adventures abroud.

    You ARE my Hero. Better than the guy from “Heroes” tv show.

    1. Dave – some countries’ cards have security features that require the merchant to physically read the card (no internet purchases possible). and some merchants, or more likely their banks, may refuse cards from some countries. I often have a hard time using good Japan cards on US web sites. although I question paypal’s ethics, you may have to set up a paypal account and fund it separately, and then donate. I have encourages Iori many times to get a mailing address so we could send cash, or checks if you want. Maybe he could try to find someone that will manage his mail for him – like a trustworthy attorney – if he wants to continue to nomadic life, or wants to insulate himself from detractors. However kickstarter would still require the use of a card and it would require the sender to leave an electronic transaction trail. cash is so much more, well, anonymous…..

      1. I donate to Iori through paypal.
        If you want to be perfectly safe with paypal, you can ask your banker to create a separate account besides your main bank account, that you will use only for transactions with paypal.

  5. Thank you Lori, I am very proud of your decisions. Keep up the good work. I look forward to reading your blog everyday. Kickstarter is a cool idea!

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This website updates the latest news about the Fukushima nuclear plant and also archives the past news from 2011. Because it's always updated and added live, articles, categories and the tags are not necessarily fitted in the latest format.
I am the writer of this website. About page remains in 2014. This is because my memory about 311 was clearer than now, 2023, and I think it can have a historical value. Now I'm living in Romania with 3 cats as an independent data scientist.
Actually, nothing has progressed in the plant since 2011. We still don't even know what is going on inside. They must keep cooling the crippled reactors by water, but additionally groundwater keeps flowing into the reactor buildings from the broken parts. This is why highly contaminated water is always produced more than it can circulate. Tepco is planning to officially discharge this water to the Pacific but Tritium is still remaining in it. They dilute this with seawater so that it is legally safe, but scientifically the same amount of radioactive tritium is contained. They say it is safe to discharge, but none of them have drunk it.

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