tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7388372827914524197.post2986003164235684668..comments2023-05-27T00:08:34.330+09:00Comments on Japan - after the BIG earthquake: May 01, SundayGabi Grevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7388372827914524197.post-64919108803022553702011-05-02T06:42:42.151+09:002011-05-02T06:42:42.151+09:00Japan Disaster Relief Fund - BOSTON
Doctor Deploy...Japan Disaster Relief Fund - BOSTON<br /><br />Doctor Deployment to Soma City, Fukushima, Japan<br /><br />Report of Doctor Deployment to Soma city<br /><br />Four doctors, Drs Izumo, Watada, Makinodan and Ashitate, from Boston-Japan Medical Relief Initiative (BJMRI) left for Soma city in Fukushima prefecture to provide medical supports to evacuees from coastal areas engulfed by tsunami on March 11th.<br /><br />http://jdrfb.squarespace.com/blog/2011/4/25/doctor-deployment-to-soma-city-fukushima-japan.htmlBostonhttp://jdrfb.squarespace.com/blog/2011/4/25/doctor-deployment-to-soma-city-fukushima-japan.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7388372827914524197.post-71635050765652177252011-05-02T06:34:18.371+09:002011-05-02T06:34:18.371+09:00this gentle day -
alone with the bees
and the butt...<b><br />this gentle day -<br />alone with the bees<br />and the butterflies<br /></b><br />Gabi<br /><br />. . . . .<br /><br />It might have been one of those magic days of calmess and contemplation, Gabi san... they are the best days in life :)<br />O.<br />. . . . . <br />Your haiku expresses a simplicity as necessary as breathing and in our world today sometimes so complicated. Thank you.<br />DF<br />.facebook friendshttp://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=10150234575946844&id=718216843¬if_t=feed_commentnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7388372827914524197.post-22047125626952651722011-05-02T06:32:39.945+09:002011-05-02T06:32:39.945+09:00ime to de-stress, perhaps ...
have a nice day, Ga...ime to de-stress, perhaps ... <br />have a nice day, Gabi<br />EWAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7388372827914524197.post-84260282638687585652011-05-02T06:32:21.364+09:002011-05-02T06:32:21.364+09:00I hope you find time to rest Gabi san, you are pro...I hope you find time to rest Gabi san, you are probably working way too hard!<br />LisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7388372827914524197.post-77833398249249253472011-05-02T06:32:04.272+09:002011-05-02T06:32:04.272+09:00Hi Gabi, enjoy Golden Week, you have done such a s...Hi Gabi, enjoy Golden Week, you have done such a sterling job of keeping us informed over the last few weeks, hope the good weather cheers you all up.<br />BMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7388372827914524197.post-36756848256046153532011-05-02T06:31:42.768+09:002011-05-02T06:31:42.768+09:00"Enjoy your break. This is a great collection..."Enjoy your break. This is a great collection of information. Thanks."facebook friendhttp://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=164013220324527&id=718216843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7388372827914524197.post-42286556624189016992011-05-01T14:35:55.035+09:002011-05-01T14:35:55.035+09:00It is time to target who calls the shots in Japan ...<b>It is time to target who calls the shots in Japan when disaster strikes</b><br />By ROGER PULVERS / Japan Times<br /><br />Why did it take so long for any Japanese Cabinet ministers to make their presence felt on the site of the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant — and what does this tell us about the decision-making process in Japan?<br /><br />On April 9, Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Banri Kaieda was the first one to do so, when he met Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato and subsequently visited the nuclear facility in that prefecture. He promised the governor to "speed up, and raise the quality and quantity (of aid)" to the stricken districts.<br />...<br />Indeed, one could well mimic Prime Minister Naoto Kan's now famous dictum in response to the dearth of concrete information coming from Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), the company responsible for the nuclear plant:<br />"What in the hell is going on?"<br /><br />Actually, this catastrophe, with its aftermath of makeshift decision-making, tells us a great deal about the way in which business and government leaders in Japan deal with crises — a modus operandi that almost always starts with it being compartmentalized to decide whose crisis it actually is.<br /><br />After that, the traditional, three-pronged response is to deny that there is a crisis, while apologizing for it just in case it later becomes undeniable; to silence all those who might speak out about it; and finally, to wait until everything blows over.<br />...<br />When Prime Minister Kan bluntly complained about the lack of information coming his way, he knew all too well that it was still trickling up through various locks — locks on a canal, that is. One is opened for information to flow through, then closed before the next lock is opened, and so on. That is why even the prime minister cannot take things into his own hands from the very beginning, since, at first, any disaster is treated as a local event, confined to one or a few prefectures. Then, if necessary, it is seen as a national disaster. Finally, if the effects cannot be contained, it becomes a disaster for the Asian region or the whole world.<br />...<br />But the real lesson in all of this for Japan is that all its institutions of commerce and government must henceforth have only one obligation — and that is to the welfare of the populace and, through them, the world.<br /><br />If that lesson is learned and its remedies institutionalized, then we might be able to say, with some assurance,<br /> "No more Fukshimas!"<br /><br />http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fl20110501rp.htmlJapan Timeshttp://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fl20110501rp.htmlnoreply@blogger.com