Showing posts with label Japan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Japan. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 13, 2013
Archive Footage of Hiroshima as Japan Marks 68th Anniversary of Atomic Bomb
Sunday, May 19, 2013
THE JEWISH PRESS: The Japanese do not feel the need to apologize to Muslims for the negative way in which they relate to Islam.
There are countries in the world, mainly in Europe, that are presently undergoing significant cultural transformations as a result of Muslim immigration. France, Germany, Belgium and Holland are interesting examples of cases where immigration from Muslim countries, together with the Muslims’ high fertility rate, effects [sic] every area of life.
It is interesting to know that there is a country in the world whose official and public approach to the Muslim matter is totally different. This country is Japan. This country keeps a very low profile on all levels regarding the Muslim matter: On the diplomatic level, senior political figures from Islamic countries almost never visit Japan, and Japanese leaders rarely visit Muslim countries. The relations with Muslim countries are based on concerns such as oil and gas, which Japan imports from some Muslim countries. The official policy of Japan is not to give citizenship to Muslims who come to Japan, and even permits for permanent residency are given sparingly to Muslims.
Japan forbids exhorting people to adopt the religion of Islam (Dawah), and any Muslim who actively encourages conversion to Islam is seen as proselytizing to a foreign and undesirable culture. Few academic institutions teach the Arabic language. It is very difficult to import books of the Qur’an to Japan, and Muslims who come to Japan, are usually employees of foreign companies. In Japan there are very few mosques. The official policy of the Japanese authorities is to make every effort not to allow entry to Muslims, even if they are physicians, engineers and managers sent by foreign companies that are active in the region. Japanese society expects Muslim men to pray at home.
Japanese companies seeking foreign workers specifically note that they are not interested in Muslim workers. And any Muslim who does manage to enter Japan will find it very difficult to rent an apartment. Anywhere a Muslim lives, the neighbors become uneasy. Japan forbids the establishment of Islamic organizations, so setting up Islamic institutions such as mosques and schools is almost impossible. In Tokyo there is only one imam.
In contrast with what is happening in Europe, very few Japanese are drawn to Islam. If a Japanese woman marries a Muslim, she will be considered an outcast by her social and familial environment. There is no application of Shari’a law in Japan. There is some food in Japan that is halal, kosher according to Islamic law, but it is not easy to find it in the supermarket. » | Dr. Mordechai Kedar | Sunday, May 19, 2013
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Mr Aso, who has a reputation for speaking indelicately, was commenting at a meeting of the National Council on Social Security Reforms on Monday on the heavy burden imposed on the nation's finances by prolonging patients' lives with treatment.
Describing patients with serious illnesses as "tube persons," Mr Aso, who is 72, said they should be "allowed to die quickly" if they want to, Kyodo News reported.
"Heaven forbid I should be kept alive if I want to die," he said. "You cannot sleep well when you think it's all paid by the government. This won't be solved unless you let them hurry up and die." » | Julian Ryall, Tokyo | Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Monday, November 07, 2011
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Japan's emperor has been admitted to hospital suffering from persistent fever and bronchitis symptoms.
Emperor Akihito, 77, was taken to University of Tokyo Hospital late Sunday evening where he was being treated by medical staff, according to the Imperial Household Agency.
Television footage showed the emperor arriving at the hospital by car, accompanied by his wife Empress Michiko. » | Danielle Demetriou in Tokyo | Monday, November 07, 2011
Thursday, September 22, 2011
When the worst of it was over, the country seemed to utter a collective sigh of relief, a curious reaction given the typhoon’s devastating toll: Evacuation advisories were sent to more than a million people on the main island of Honshu; 200,000 households were without electricity in central Japan; at least 13 people were missing or dead.
After a ruthless year that has shaken Japan to its core, its people seemed intent on counting small blessings. The only damage wrought to the battered Fukushima Daichi nuclear plant, for instance, was a broken security camera.
Still, the stoic dignity and resilience of Japanese society that has won admiration from around the world is being tested once again by the latest typhoon, the second to strike Japan in the past month. » | Sonia Verma | Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Saturday, May 07, 2011
Thursday, April 21, 2011
TORONTO STAR: TOKYO — Japan said on Thursday it would ban anyone entering a 20-kilometre evacuation zone around the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant north of Tokyo, weeks after the tsunami-wrecked facility began leaking radiation.
An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.3 hit eastern Japan on Thursday evening, the U.S. Geological Survey said, but no tsunami warning was issued and there were no immediate reports of any casualties or damage.
Tens of thousands of people left the zone after the March 11 quake smashed the Fukushima Dai-ichi power station, operated by Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO), but some have gone back to collect belongings as the utility struggles to contain the world’s most serious nuclear crisis since Chernobyl in 1986.
Prime Minister Naoto Kan, already facing criticism for his handling of the crisis, was publicly berated over his government’s slow response when he visited one evacuation centre in the devastated region. » | Reuters | Thursday, April 21, 2011
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
The Japanese nuclear disaster is 100 times worse than officials first thought.
The severity level of the nuclear crisis at the quake and tsunami damaged Fukushima plant has been raised from five to seven, the highest level on the international scale, and on a par with Chernobyl - the biggest nuclear disaster ever.
It comes as Japan was hit by yet another series of powerful aftershocks on Tuesday.
Anu Nathan reports.
Monday, April 11, 2011
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: A magnitude 7.1 aftershock has rattled Japan on the one-month anniversary of the magnitude 9 earthquake that spawned a deadly tsunami.
Authorities issued a warning for a three feet high tsunami after today's earthquake. The quake's epicentre was in Fukushima prefecture.
Workers battling to contain a crisis at the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant were ordered to evacuate after the powerful aftershock, operator TEPCO said.
"The company ordered workers to withdraw and stay in a quake-proof building," a spokesman for the operator said. "We don't know many workers were involved."
People at a large electronics store in central Sendai in Miyagi prefecture screamed and ran outside, though the shaking made it hard to move around. Mothers grabbed their children, and windows shook.
The news comes four days after northern Japan was hit by a 7.4 magnitude earthquake with an epicentre 25 miles under water near Sendai, a city devastated by the tsunami on March 11. » | Monday, April 11, 2011
THE AUSTRALIAN: Strong earthquake rocks Japan, tsunami alert issued for Pacific: JAPAN has issued a tsunami alert after a strong quake struck the east and northeast of the country, one month after the devastating March 11 earthquake-tsunami disaster. » | Staff writers | News Core | Monday, April 11, 2011
FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE: Die japanische Regierung weitet die Evakuierungszone rund um die Atomruine Fukushima nach wochenlangem Zögern nun doch aus. Bislang galt die Sperrzone nur für einen 20-Kilometer Radius um das Atomkraftwerk.
Die japanische Regierung weitet die Evakuierungszone rund um die Atomruine Fukushima aus. Das berichtete die Nachrichtenagentur Kyodo am Montag unter Berufung auf den Regierungssprecher Yukio Edano. Bislang galt die Sperrzone nur für einen 20-Kilometer Radius um das Atomkraftwerk. » | Montag, 11. April 2011
Friday, April 08, 2011
Another powerful earthquake shook the same region hit by the quake and tsunami that devastated much of Japan's coastal areas last month.
Power and water were cut, people were evacuated, and fears were once again raised about the potential effect on the country's nuclear power facilities.
Al Jazeera's Marga Ortigas reports from Mizusawa.
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STERN.DE: Tokio vor dem großen Beben: Laut, bunt, quirlig, exzessiv. Tokio heute: Dunkel, bedächtig, ständig schwankend. Streifzug durch eine Stadt, die weit entfernt ist von Normalität. Von Mareike Dornhege, Tokio
s will einfach kein Ende nehmen. Am Donnerstagabend wackelten die Häuser in Tokio wieder. Die Menschen gewöhnen sich an den dauerhaft erscheinenden Zustand, dass sich der Boden unter seinen Füssen bewegt, gewöhnt. "Als ich vor ein paar Tagen in Deutschland ankam, bildete ich mir noch immer ein, der Boden bebe, wenn ich einmal ganz ruhig an meinem Schreibtisch saß” sagt ein deutscher Japanologe, der für ein paar Tage in seine Heimat zurückgekehrt ist. Fast wie ein Seemann, der einmal von Schiff gegangen, "landkrank" wird.
Doch es sind nicht nur die immer wiederkehrenden Nachbeben, die Tokio fortwährend daran erinnern, dass es noch lange nicht wieder so ist, wie vorher. Nachts geht man nun durch ein dunkles Tokio. "Bukimi" – gespenstisch, unheimlich, sagen die Japaner. Wo einem sonst an jeder Häuserwand die Neonschilder in allen Farben entgegenleuchteten, ist es heute sehr dunkel. Es wird überall an Beleuchtung gespart: In den meisten Straßenzügen brennt nur jede zweite Laterne, moderne Hochhäuser, die sonst hellerleuchtete Blickpunkte der Stadt bildeten, bleiben dunkel. Erloschenes Wahrzeichen » | Von Mareike Dornhege, Tokio | Freitag, 08. April 2011
Thursday, April 07, 2011
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Japan has been hit by a strong earthquake, with emergency workers at the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant ordered to evacuate.
The Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco), which operates Fukushima, says it is checking on the situation, but efforts to assess any damage were complicated by the evacuation.
"After the earthquake and the tsunami warning, all the workers evacuated to a safe area. The company confirmed all the workers have cleared the plant safely," a spokesman for Tokyo Electric Power said.
"We don't know if there is any impact to the facilities as all the workers have cleared the area."
The Japan meteorological agency issued a tsunami warning for a wave of up to 6 feet (two metres) after the magnitude-7.4 aftershock. The warning, which was later cancelled, was issued for a coastal area already torn apart by last month's tsunami, which is believed to have killed some 25,000 people and has sparked an ongoing crisis at a nuclear power plant.
"Please do not hesitate to leave for higher ground, nor try to return to the coast line. Please do not try to check the status of the coastline," broadcaster NHK said repeatedly. » | Barney Henderson | Thursday, April 07, 2011
THE GUARDIAN: Japan hit by earthquake and tsunami warning: Alert for wave of up to two metres issued for area devastated by last month's quake » | James Meikle | Thursday, April 07, 2011
REUTERS: Major aftershock shakes Japan's ruined coast: A major earthquake shook the northeast of Japan late on Thursday, and a tsunami warning was issued for the coast already devastated by last month's massive quake and tsunami that crippled a nuclear power plant. » | Kiyoshi Takenaka and Yoko Nishikawa | TOKYO | Thursday, April 07, 2011
REUTERS FRANCE: Alerte au tsunami levée dans le nord-est du Japon : TOKYO - Les alertes au tsunami émises pour les côtes nord-est du Japon ont été levées, rapporte vendredi matin (heure japonaise) la chaîne de télévision publique NHK. » | © Reuters | Jeudi 07 Avril 2011
REUTERS DEUTSCHLAND: Katastrophenregion in Japan erneut von Beben erschüttert: Tokio - Knapp vier Wochen nach dem schweren Erdbeben in Japan ist das Katastrophengebiet am Donnerstag erneut von heftigen Erdstößen erschüttert worden. » | © Reuters | Donnerstag, 07. April 2011
Monday, April 04, 2011
REUTERS DEUTSCHLAND: Tokio (Reuters) - Die japanische Regierung befürchtet katastrophale Auswirkungen für den Pazifik, wenn weiterhin radioaktiv verseuchte Substanzen aus dem havarierten AKW Fukushima ins offene Meer strömen.
"Wir müssen die Ausbreitung in den Ozean so bald wie möglich stoppen", sagte Regierungssprecher Yukio Edano. AKW-Betreiber Tepco ließ am Montag Millionen Liter schwach radioaktives Wasser ins Meer ab, um Platz in den Reaktoren zu schaffen. Angesichts der Erdbeben- und Tsunami-Katastrophe sprachen sich in einer Umfrage zwei Drittel der Japaner für die Bildung einer Regierung der nationalen Einheit aus.
"Wenn die gegenwärtige Lage mit der Anreicherung radioaktiver Substanzen über lange Zeit anhält, wird es riesige Auswirkungen auf den Ozean haben", sagte Edano. Die Betreiberfirma Tepco forderte er auf, schnell zu handeln. Diese ließ jedoch erst einmal zehn Millionen Liter schwach radioaktiv belastetes Wasser aus dem AKW ab. Es sei 100 Mal stärker verstrahlt als rechtlich zulässig, teilte das Unternehmen mit. Bei dem Wasser handelt es sich um Kühlwasser, das sich in den Reaktoren angesammelt hat. Es müsse abgelassen werden, um Platz für stärker belastetes Kühlwasser zu schaffen. » | © Reuters | Montag, 04. April 2011
Friday, April 01, 2011
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