Paid Members Psygnosis Posted March 16, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted March 16, 2011 Been another earthquake this time in Honshu in eastern Japan - not sure of the magnitude yet - and buildings in Tokyo are swaying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members tiger_rick Posted March 16, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted March 16, 2011 Been another earthquake this time in Honshu in eastern Japan - not sure of the magnitude yet - and buildings in Tokyo are swaying. If you check out the American geologists website, there have been well over 200 earthquakes in the last week, some over 6.0 on the scale. Even before the big one there were 15/16 a day in that region. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightningInTheJungle Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 Decided to go along with the swarm, and am heading to Hiroshima. Hopefully it is all a massive over-reaction and I can return to Tokyo soon. Â The British media have been horrendous - my parents have seriously been asking me questions like "Can you eat? Isnt all the food contaminated?" Of course, the French Embassy havent helped by being melodramatic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The King Of Swing Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 The British media have been horrendous  Nothing new there then, honestly you would think that they actually want the worst to happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members SpursRiot2012 Posted March 16, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted March 16, 2011 Well, I've worked in newsrooms a few times and I can say that the only place where the upper dudes were almost willing for a higher body count to come in on a plane crash was at al-Jazeera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted March 16, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted March 16, 2011 From what I've been able to glean from friends over there, the Japanese authorities haven't exactly been helpful to foreign broadcasters either. My mate works at A.P. - he was actually just supposed to be there as a researcher for a few weeks when the tsunami hit, and now he's their main point-man. He's been keeping a lot of people up-to-date on FB and Twitter, but he also got frustrated enough to post this note (yes, his punctuation's rubbish, but I think that's probably because he's doing most of it from a phone):  quite a lot of this trip smashing my head against the brick wall of stupidity that is japanese bureaucracy, while outside the police stations and administrative offices, on one occasion quite literally, whole towns are destroyed & a crisis deepens. nonsense like needing a setsumeisho (formal letter of introduction, in japanese, stamped by the boss of the co i'm working for -- they don't even exist outside japan, as the woman asking for it accepted, but she still wanted one) and a company address in japan ('but we're a uk broadcaster'... 'but you need an address in japan'... 'but we're a uk... oh for fks sake'), to get some accreditation thing i needed... and so on.   look japan, your country is in the biggest crisis it has faced since the 2nd world war. you're fucked. 000s of people are dead/dying and it's not getting any better. just for once, can you please tell your millions of petty officials and form-fillers, that just for once there are more important things to worry about. if it helps, please explain to them that no-one in central government in tokyo is goind to read their daft paperwork now anyway. they have other things to do, believe it or not. that scrap of paper is going straight into the bin. and meanwhile, there is masses to do, right now, right outside the front door of your office.    and those gaijin who are offering to help, or trying to explain to the world why they need to help? why not just let them help/explain. they don't need you to do anything for them, just don't stop, hassle or refuse them because they lack some daft form or other, that they probably lack because they raced to japan to help in such a hurry anyway!    'scuse the rant, but it's a little frustrating and *I've* been much luckier than most http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12756366    and if you're japanese and agree, why not make the same point yourself. eventually local media might pick it up and then at last the tyranny of these petty officials might be over and the real recovery effort can begin. it can't come too soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted March 16, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted March 16, 2011 Some more things:  Official Play For Japan website  We've got several events lined up, and Hackett London have just offered to produce a limited edition "Play For Japan" polo shirt, from which ALL proceeds will go to the Japan Society Relief Fund, which, as I understand it, will be largely focused on the Tohoku area which has been affected (surrounding Fukushima). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The King Of Swing Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 I may be wrong but I have always been under the impression that bureaucracy in Japan is infamous so I'm hardly supsrised to read that story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted March 16, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted March 16, 2011 I may be wrong but I have always been under the impression that bureaucracy in Japan is infamous so I'm hardly supsrised to read that. Â It is, very much so. They're worse than the UK for red tape. Â There was an infamous story (although it could be apocryphal) that the reason why Pearl Harbour happened wasn't because the Japanese were planning a sneak attack, but because they'd declared war on the US, and the official at the Japanese embassy in Washington was so determined to make sure the declaration was typed up in the right language and on the right paper, the attack happened before he could hand the damn thing in. Â Might not be true, but it's safe to say that Japanese bureaucracy is so legendary that it really wouldn't be a stretch to believe it would be true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted March 16, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted March 16, 2011 Sorry to bore you with updates, people, but Play For Japan has managed to raise more than Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perfectbluefan Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3TM9GL2iLI Â Dog refuses to leave injured friend. This had me a little misty eyed, I have to admit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members WWFChilli Posted March 17, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted March 17, 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3TM9GL2iLIÂ Dog refuses to leave injured friend. This had me a little misty eyed, I have to admit. Â saw that clip, quite odd to watch and yet so endearing and quite emotional, cut and edit here and there, that's a scene from a rather fucked kids film where the dogs talk. Not to make a joke on the subject but it's what popped in my noggin. Â The Sun's incredible front page today with massive Bio-Hazard symbol was just nuts. Who gave the OK for that!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Psygnosis Posted March 17, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted March 17, 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3TM9GL2iLIÂ Dog refuses to leave injured friend. This had me a little misty eyed, I have to admit. Â The camera guy has taken them in - the injured dog has 2 broken legs while the other one came through unscathed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members GlennCullen Posted March 17, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted March 17, 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3TM9GL2iLIÂ Dog refuses to leave injured friend. This had me a little misty eyed, I have to admit. Â There's no way I can watch that, I'll cry like a little girl. Dogs are the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Kookoocachu Posted March 17, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted March 17, 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3TM9GL2iLIÂ Dog refuses to leave injured friend. This had me a little misty eyed, I have to admit. Â There's no way I can watch that, I'll cry like a little girl. Dogs are the best. I bawled Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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