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UPDATE March 17, 5am:  I will leave Fukushima in an hour and head to Sendai. From there, it is not yet clear whether I go to Tokyo or to Niigata. My email address (forwarded to my mobile): info @ ambjp.net ########## MISE A JOUR 17 mars, 5 h du matin: Je vais quitter Fukushima dans [...]

Voici un article qui a paru cette semaine dans l’Illustré, un magazine suisse.  

Voici ce qui est passé hier aux informations de 19h30 de la tsr.

Today, I took quite a lot of pictures (see posts below). Some interesting facts I noticed: today, about half of the persons I saw were wearing a mask. That was not the case earlier. Although we are now in the middle of sugi pollen hay fever, I doubt that it was the only reason… And [...]

Some other pictures I took today, this time at a nearby supermarket. I had to wait for about 30-40 minutes to get in. But the cashier was very quick, unlike the drugstore experience the other day. Many shelves were empty (products sold out) while other shelves had notices explaining that this or that item was [...]

Here are some pictures I took today at a nearby convenience store. Shelves were empty, except for alcohol… In case you don’t know Japanese convenience stores (also called conbini), they are open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year and always carry a lot of ready made food as well as some ingredients. This, [...]

I went for a walk this morning in the area around our house in Fukushima city, Fukushima Prefecture and took a few pictures of damage, mainly roof tiles that were broken. Most damage occurred on Friday and some people had already started with repair. Newer houses tend to be more earthquake-resistant. Still, there are quite [...]

This (NHK World News in English) is a useful tool for other foreigners who are, like me, have no problem with daily life Japanese, but are however not proficient in highly technical and specialized Japanese related to earthquakes, nuclear central and other very current topics. Or anybody else  

Voici une interview sur BFM TV. Et NON, je ne suis pas française…  

Interview sur TF1 en français (à partir de la minute 12:24). Reconnaît-on l’accent suisse ou pas ? En tous cas, je commençais à bien fatiguer…