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An old Japanese saying goes, Nusutto ni mo sanbun no ri (a thief never lacks for a pretext). In this particular case, Nikkan Gendai (Jan 18) is talking about reports following the catastrophic earthquake and tsunami that struck the Noto Peninsula on Ishikawa Prefecture on New Year's Day. Some spurious… ....
During the New Year holiday period, TV news reported a number of traffic accidents. One involved a driver who, while waiting for the traffic light to change, was rear-ended by a car traveling at a high rate of speed. Another mishap concerned a driver attempting to enter an expressway via… ....
Feb 13, 2021 Next month, 10 years will have passed since the meltdown of three Fukushima nuclear reactors. Since that time, Japan has relied mainly on its aging thermal generators for its power needs, with solar power and other forms of renewable energy only supplying a small fraction of demand. Peak power demand typically occurs during the summer months, when air conditioners are cranked up to maximum settings. One thing no one has counted on, however, is high demand during winter. The winter of 2020-21 has been an unusually cold one, with temperatures around the country plunging to levels seen perhaps only once in a decade, and this has sent chills down the spines of utility firms. ....
Pollen allergies threaten to aggravate coronavirus spread Jan. 25 01:20 pm JST Jan. 25 | 01:23 pm JST A familiar Japanese idiom goes nakitsura ni hachi (a bee stinging a crying face). In other words adding insult to injury, or to make matters worse. This, reports Nikkan Gendai (Jan 22), may be what s in store for Japan from mid-February as the seasonal winds transport clouds of cedar pollen around the nation, causing at least 25% of Japan s adults to sneeze, cough and scratch at what will be the absolutely worst time to do so. Projections from the Japan Weather Association indicate that, with the exception of Hokkaido and Tohoku, concentration of pollen will be considerably higher in all parts of the country than last year. The Kanto-Koshin area, which includes Tokyo and its surrounding prefectures, can expect 1.8 times the amount of 2020. Kinki and Chugoku, between 1.2 to 1.4 times. And in Hokuriku, Tokai and Shikoku the pollen den ....