Everyone by now probably knows the acronym Tepco, for Tokyo Electric Power Company, the people in charge of the damaged nuclear reactor in Fukushima. How many people know who sold Tepco a plant that, as early as 1972, was described by a US regulatory agency as "guaranteed to fail"?
The answer is in Time magazine, April 4.
Guess who sold Tepco the Mark 1? The same company that doesn't have to pay taxes!
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Okinawa Looks Like This
Peaceful: a beautiful place for a walk
自己紹介
- Chura
- Born and raised in the USA (NJ), I’ve spent most of my adult life in Japan. One of my favorite places in Japan is Okinawa. To me, Okinawa is a land of stories and an island of music, magic and mystery. The music is shima-uta, songs sung to the rhythm of a three-stringed lute called a sanshin. The magic is in the colors of land, sea and sky. The mystery? Mystery begins where the line between legend and verifiable human memories begins to blur. I am a member of the Archaeological Institute of America, chapter chief of a sanshin study society, and a founding member of the Marine Culture Research Association of Okinawa.