[Column] Walking the wire

Like most of the other things, I didn’t start Fukushima Diary because I was a good journalist or have an excellent skill of translation.

As you see, my Engrish is full of flaws and I don’t have a professional journalist training. I just started and continued it because almost nobody else did it.

There must be so many other people who can do this better than me, but I was the only one who found it important to keep publishing Fukushima information to out of Japan.

I feel honored and at the same time, I’m feeling responsibility.

I only publish things with solid source, but for some reason, whole the rest of the world denies what I believe is true. so sometimes the credibility of Fukushima Diary only comes from who I am.

I think I have been building some parts of my credibility for revealing my personal things, such as talking on Youtube, disclosing my location, thought by column etc..

but I think I’ll start needing to be more strict about my location data when I leave America.

I have been getting a lot of benefit from showing where I am, so it requires me a slight change of my way.

I don’t like concealing but considering the political and actual situation of Japan and the world situation, I think this is necessary. I will manipulate my location data from now. If you find some, that’s likely to be fake.

Today I was invited to a local anti-nuke meeting in Brooklyn, and some of the people were my FD readers. They told me they were (mis-)thinking I was a depressed / depressing people until they actually met me. I often hear this, maybe more than half of the readers share the same impression about me.

I asked the same question on Facebook but none of them actually thought I was depressed / depressing though it’s not so strange even if I was so.

This is how SNS makes a difference. I don’t mind however you think I am, but I’m afraid it affects the credibility of Fukushima Diary.

Depressed person is likely to write unbalanced things. I don’t want you to be biased.

so I would love you to join my facebook or twitter if you have some account. I think it’s the best way to know me especially after I start concealing my location.

In the meeting, someone asked me where my money is from. It’s 100% from donation (including accommodation, information, food, and many other things), thankfully.

The first 70,000 JPY that I had in my bank was already spent 100 years ago.

Thankfully again, about 10,000 people read Fukushima Diary everyday. I day-dream that if everyone donates 10¢ a day, it’s 1,000 USD a day.

I can live from 2 days’ donation for a month, then I can donate all the donation for 28 days to Fukushima children and whatever. (28,000 USD for 28 days)

I think that’s enough to support a Fukushima family for one year.

Their biggest reason to be stuck is money. Sadly, but it’s true.

This is just my thought but I’m being afraid if I’m (mis-)sounding greedy.

There are so many things to write about, but I also have to think about where to go, how to live, what may happen to Japan etc.. when I finally have my own room, I want to minimalize things in my mind.

 

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Italiano:

[Editoriale] Camminare sul filo

Come per molte altre cose, non ho iniziato Fukushima Diary perché ero un bravo giornalista o avevo particolari qualità come traduttore.
Come potete vedere, il mio inglese è pieno di difetti e non ho un percorso di studi giornalistici alle spalle.
Ho solo iniziato e continuato perché quasi nessun altro lo faceva.

Ci sono sicuramente molte altre persone che possono farlo meglio di me, ma io ero l’unico che trovava importante mantenere visibili le informazioni su Fukushima al di fuori del Giappone.
Mi sento onorato e allo stesso tempo mi sento responsabile.
Io pubblico soltanto notizie con fonti solide ma, per qualche ragione, tutto il resto del mondo rinnega che ciò che credo sia vero. Quindi, a volte, la credibilità di Fukushima Diary deriva solo dalla mia persona.
Penso di aver costruito alcune parti della mia credibilità rivelando i miei fatti personali, parlando su Youtube, svelando il luogo in cui mi trovo, esponendo i miei pensieri sugli editoriali ecc.
Ma penso che inizierò ad aver bisogno di più riservatezza sul luogo in cui mi trovo quando lascerò l’America.
Ho ricevuto un sacco di benefici mostrando dove mi trovo quindi farlo richiede un piccolo cambiamento nel mio modo di fare.
Io non amo nascondere, ma considerando la situazione politica attuale in Giappone e la situazione mondiale, penso sia necessario. Cambierò le informazioni sulla mia location da ora. Se ne trovate alcune, queste saranno probabilmente false.

Oggi sono stato invitato ad un incontro anti-nucleare locale a Brooklyn e alcune delle persone erano lettori di FD. Mi hanno detto che pensavano (a torto) che io fossi una persona depressa/deprimente fino a quando mi hanno effettivamente incontrato. Io lo sento spesso, forse più della metà dei lettori condividono la stessa impressione su di me.
Ho chiesto la stessa cosa su Facebook ma nessuno di loro pensava davvero che io fossi depresso/deprimente anche se non ci sarebbe stato niente di strano se lo fossi stato.
Questa è la differenza che fanno i Social Network. Non mi interessa come pensate che io sia, ma mi dispiace che questo mini la credibilità di Fukushima Diary.
Una persona depressa tende a scrivere cose squilibrate. Non voglio che siate prevenuti.

Quindi mi piacerebbe molto che voi mi aggiungeste al vostro account di Facebook o Twitter se ne avete uno. Penso sia il miglior modo di conoscermi, soprattutto da quando comincerò a nascondere il luogo in cui mi trovo.
All’ incontro qualcuno mi ha chiesto da dove vengono i miei soldi. Sono al 100% donazioni (inclusi ospitalità, informazioni, cibo e molte altre cose), per fortuna.
I primi 70,000 Yen che avevo in banca sono finiti 100 anni fa.
Ancora per fortuna, circa 10.000 persone leggono Fukushima Diary ogni giorno. A volte immagino che se ognuno donasse 10 centesimi al giorno sarebbero 1000 dollari al giorno.
Sopravviverei un mese con 2 giorni di donazioni, e potrei donare tutti gli altri 28 giorni ai bambini di Fukushima ecc. (28.000 dollari per 28 giorni).
Penso che basterebbero per aiutare una famiglia di Fukushima per un anno intero.
Il motivo principale per cui sono bloccati là sono i soldi. Triste ma vero.
Questo è solo il mio pensiero ma mi dispiace se sembro (a torto) avido.
Ci sarebbero così tante cose su cui scrivere, ma anche io devo pensare a dove andare e come vivere, a cosa potrebbe succedere al Giappone ecc… quando alla fine avrò una stanza mia cercherò di semplificare le cose nella mia testa.

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Français :

[Édito] Marchant sur le fil

Comme pour beaucoup d’autres choses, je n’ai pas commencé le Fukushima Diary parce que j’étais un bon journaliste ou que j’étais bon en traduction.

Comme vous le voyez, mon anglais est plein de défauts et je n’ai pas la formation d’un journaliste professionnel. J’ai seulement commencé puis continué parce que personne d’autre ne l’a fait.

Il doit y avoir tellement de gens capables de le faire mieux que moi mais j’ai été le seul qui ait trouvé important de continuer à publier des informations sur Fukushima vers l’extérieur du Japon.

Je m’en sens honoré mais en même temps j’en sens la responsabilité.

Je ne publie que des choses étayées par des sources solides mais le reste du monde entier nie ce que je crois vrai. alors, parfois, la crédibilité du Fukushima Diary ne tient que par qui je suis.

Je pense que j’ai assis une part de ma crédibilité en révélant de mes histoires personnelles, comme en parlant sur Youtube, révélant où je suis, pensant par éditoriaux, etc.

mais je crois que je vais commencer à devoir être plus strict sur là où je me trouve quand je quitterai l’Amérique.

Il m’a été très profitable de dire où je me trouve, donc il va me falloir aussi que je change beaucoup.

Je n’aime pas cacher mais en regardant la situation politique et réelle du Japon et celle du monde, je crois que c’est nécessaire. Je vais trafiquer les données me localisant à partir de maintenant. Si vous en voyez, ce sera vraisemblablement des leurres.

Aujourd’hui j’ai été invité à une rencontre locale antinucléaire à Brooklyn et certains y étaient de mes lecteurs du FD. Ils m’ont dit qu’ils pensaient (par erreur) que j’étais un dépressif / déprimant, jusqu’à ce qu’ils me rencontrent réellement. J’ai souvent entendu ça, sans doute plus de la moitié des lecteurs partagent cette même impression de moi.

J’ai posé la même question sur Facebook mais aucun d’eux n’a pensé que j’ai pu être déprimé/déprimant but bien que ce ne serait pas si curieux si je l’étais vraiment.

Voilà comment les réseaux sociaux (SNS) font la différence. Je me fiche de ce que vous pouvez penser de moi mais j’ai peur que cela affecte la crédibilité du Fukushima Diary.

Les dépressifs sont portées à écrire des choses déséquilibrées. Je ne veux pas vous biaiser.

alors j’aimerai que vous me rejoignez sur mon facebook ou twitter, si vous y avez un compte. Je pense que c’est le meilleur moyen de me connaître en particulier maintenant que j’ai commencé à cacher où je suis.

AU cours de cette réunion, certains m’ont demandé d’où je tenais mon argent. C’est 100 % des dons (incluant le logement, l’information, la nourriture, et beaucoup d’autres choses), heureusement.

Les premiers 70 000 Yens que j’ai eu à ma banque ont déjà été dépensés il y a un siècle.

Par chance encore, environ 10 000 personnes lisent le Fukushima Diary tous les jours. Je rêve parfois que chacun donne 10¢ par jour, ça ferait 1 000 Dollars US par jour.

Je pourrais alors vivre un mois avec les dons de deux jours et je pourrais alors donner tout le reste, les 28 autres jours pour les enfants de Fukushima et le reste. (28 000,00$ US pour 28 jours)

Je pense que c’est largement assez pour aider une famille de Fukushima sur l’année.

Leur principale raison de rester collés sur place est l’argent. C’est malheureux mais c’est vrai.

Ce sont juste des pensées mais je crains qu’on puisse les interpréter comme si je devenais cupide.

Il y aurait tellement de choses à écrire là-dessus, mais je dois aussi penser à où aller, comment y vivre, ce qui peut arriver au Japon, etc. quand j’aurais ma propre chambre alors je réduirait ces choses dans ma tête, au minimum.

  1. “the rest of the world denies what I believe is true”
    I’m experiencing the same problem ! Hardly anybody will believe in the sad truth. That’s the big problem with radiation : you cannot see, smell or feel it until you fall ill and have to bear the consequences. And as mass media / governments seem to have agreed to keep silent, because they are not able to cope with the greatest man-made disaster of humanity, the public is kept ignorant. I have noticed that many people do not want to know ! They do not want to face the problem that is to big for them to grasp. Sad situation for the whole world !

  2. Iori do not worry. You cannot fix stupid. That saying means that people will stubbornly cling to their delusions even if they die.

    You must only concentrate on helping those people who want to be helped. Ignore the naysayers.

    You have done your best and given your readers 100 percent of your help on very little money. If they choose to ignore your help then they can discuss it later with their makers after they die.

    Namaste Iori.

  3. I am very glad you are not depressed. I got that impression too. You posted today so you are not in the part of New York that has been devastated. This is good too. I am 60 years old and don’t have many heroes left these days but you are one.

  4. The more people move away from Fukushima and contaminated areas, the more such behavior will be accepted.

    Money is not the problem. How many people in Osaka or more Western regions are living on a tight budget? Yeah many as well. But they are earning enough money to live and pay off whatever debt they have.

    THe biggest problem is that people of Fukushima are appearantly actively being discouraged to move. Almost like they’re being forced to stay,
    But the more people do move away, the more accepted it will become and finally opinion will change.

    From that view, it’s you, Iori, who are showing people through your blog and other ways, that it is possible for them to move away and continue living somewhere ales.
    I hope your blog shows those people that they are no different and can do the same thing and be better off.

  5. I think you are like me in your thinking, Iori. People probably see me as paranoid and angry. In reality my activism channels my fears and anger, whereas most people stuff it and refuse to think about the terrible truths staring them in the face. It amazes me how many well-educated and highly intelligent persons are in denial about nearly everything: 9/11 truth, chemtrails, government mind control programs, and of course Fukushima and the dangers of nuclear power plants all over the globe.

    I still have hope for a more enlightened and energized humanity that will finally nail the global elite’s coffin shut, but it cannot be denied that before that day many innocents will suffer terribly. So, hang in there, my friend. You are performing a great service and if only one individual awakens to the truth, you have done your job well.

  6. Hi Iori,
    Not a problem for me if you’re depressive. I would clearly understand that. Wish you’re not, of course ;-). Neither a problem if you would be an angry anti-nuclear activist. You could also, at least, become one.
    As a reader the only thing which is important is that you stay on course, and build your informations on three pillars : rigour, rigour and rigour. Mention your sources, do not oversize the events, give the informations and separate your personnal feeling, that’s the way you do. Your credibility relies on that, not on your mood.
    You gather minor and major informations about the life in Fukushima area. Without your work, I would not have any information at all and somehow forget the event. Just reading FD from times to times keeps me watch, aware of the situation – and also gives me a window on the japanese way of life, so far from here…
    Good luck

  7. I am facing the same problem as well. Many people close to me do not believe what I say. But I will not give up. I use your FD to try to convince other people, especially non-Japanese. This is a very important source of information. Many non-Japanese do not know what kind of danger human beings are facing right now. What you do is truly valuable and the your name will be remembered in the history (if we manager to survive) of the world.

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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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