RELIEF - RECOVERY - JAPAN - post news here....

any ^ | 3/20/2011 | any

[goodnesswins]

Post news of Recovery and Relief in Japan....and ways to help.....HERE

Here is previous thread....

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2691038/posts?page=20#20

[snowsislander]

From the Mainichi: Nissan to restart more auto, parts plants in Japan

[Gene Eric]

>> The Japanese have always been very willing to turn away from those that need help amongst them. It is their culture.

Whether or not that is true, we are not Japan.

[La Enchiladita]

I don't think it's necessary to re-start the thread every day? We are losing the articles we have already posted this past week.

I learned about this organization through television this morning: U.S.-Japan Council

The U.S. Japan Council Earthquake Relief Fund

[La Enchiladita]

This is excellent. I am a fan of pre-fab housing, when it is done well.

There will still be a period of painful adjustment for people as they realize, even though new housing is available to them, they will never recover what they had. It is really hard to start over fresh on top of such tragedy.

[goodnesswins]

Will keep this thread and NOT start a new one....thanks...I misunderstood.

[goodnesswins]

Will keep this thread and NOT start a new one....thanks...I misunderstood.

[snowsislander]

From the Nikkei: Lights Back In Reactor No. 3 Control Room At Stricken Plant

[snowsislander]

Three from the Yomiuri:

Oil industry in full gear / Initial fuel pinch easing in Kanto, parts of Tohoku

Guideline eyed on tsunami-wrecked cars

'Tiger Mask' donates gas, oil for evacuees

[La Enchiladita]

Disturbing thought follows. I have felt frustrated wondering why people in shelters still do not have heat or hot food...

Is Japan's Bureaucracy Strangling Humanitarian Aid?

Hey, I know it's from TIME mag and circumstances are overwhelming, but I think she has a point...

[Ronin]

I don’t have time to read the whole thing right now, but I am in contact with a lot of people and everything I hear says the bottleneck is not bureaucracy, it’s transportation. The pipelines are just not that wide right now.

There are only so many undamaged roads and railways so the ones that are usable are being strictly controlled. They have to be. A major traffic jam at this point could take days to unsnarl and there has been so many major aftershocks in the last few days that nobody is even counting them anymore.

So, while it’s heartening that so many people want to rush to the scene and help, I think that criticism of the government efforts are, at best, misplaced.

Could thing be better? Obviously. Nothing made by human hands or formulated by human brains is ever perfect. But this kind of Monday morning quarterbacking isn’t that helpful.

[snowsislander]

From the Yomiuri:

  Makers put rush on essential goods for disaster zones

From the Mainichi:

  More oil on way to Tokyo, quake-hit areas as producers resume ops

  Companies set to hire more fresh grads as economy shows signs of recovery

  Tokyo stocks jump on easing market worries about nuke crisis

From the Nikkei:

  The Nikkei picture collection, as updated daily

  Tax Relief On The Table For Disaster Areas

  Let's Go, Japan

[snowsislander]

From the Asahi: Charity knows no limits when disaster strikes

[snowsislander]

From the Yomiuri:

  Control room power restored / Revived panel warns of high temperatures; pumps turn to fresh water

  Lights go on to sighs of relief

  Evacuee obeys call to help out at N-plant

  Ultimate sacrifice given for a lifeline / As tsunami rushed in, hospital worker spent his last seconds securing satellite phone

[goodnesswins]

Thanks for your continuous updating!

[goodnesswins]

This was interesting....how to live when water is scarce...

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110323004953.htm

[La Enchiladita]

Thank you for your experienced, on-scene observations, which I trust more than a TIMES reporter.

I have stayed away from any finger-pointing, blame, scandal, scares, etc. in relation to catastrophe-sticken Japan.

It did and does bother me, though, to know people have been so cold and hungry while displaced. The Japanese people are extraordinary in the way they handle this. I just hope government is not being too polite or proper.

I take it you and yours are doing okay...??

[La Enchiladita]

“Let’s Go, Japan” is interesting reading; it seems the Nikkei editor-in-chief is a bit perturbed with government also. Perhaps the Japanese people will learn, as Americans did during Katrina, that private non-government charity works better and provides faster relief.

[snowsislander]

I hesitated to post that one because of that very issue.

However, I think that the editor of the very prestigious Nikkei does deserve a voice on these issues, even if my opinions differ. I would not have bothered to post such material from, say, the Asahi editors.

[La Enchiladita]

His tone is mild compared to the kind of vitriol that was put out in the U.S. versus Bush43. It appears the Nikkei editor just wants to give a spirited prod to the efforts, to keep the government focused and not going off on tangents.

[snowsislander]

Press release: Coca-Cola Raises Total Pledge to 2.5 Billion Yen (US$31 Million) for Relief and Rebuilding Efforts in Japan

From the Nikkei:

  Toyota To Resume Prius Output, Honda Plans On Hold

  Foreign Airlines To Resume Flights To And From Narita Airport

  Whaling Ship To Transport Relief Supplies For Quake Victims

From the Mainichi:

  Restoration work resumed at nuke plant, but 3 exposed to radiation

  Fire brigade members in tsunami-ravaged town stood ground until the end

  Iodine detected in Tokyo tap water no major cause for concern: expertsPhoto

  Japanese fuel terminal reopens

From the Asahi:

  3 banks to offer emergency lending to TEPCO