Japan Environment Diary

Earthquake sickness spreads in Japan

There have been more than 300 aftershocks of magnitudes 5.0 or more in Japan, since the massive earthquack struck the country on 11th March....

2011/03/27 15:44

Panic-escape from Tokyo

Concerns over radiation leaks from Fukushima nuclear station are growing both in Japan and overseas, but the information appearing on the Ja...

2011/03/17 23:14

Earthquakes and aftershocks continue in Japan

Last Friday, 11 March, there was a massive earthquake in the north-east of Japan, followed by an extensive tsunami that swept away many citi...

2011/03/16 21:31

No more food at supermarkets in Tokyo

The Tokyo Electric Company announced the rolling blackout starting from Monday 14 March. The blackout lasting for 3-6 hours per day at alter...

2011/03/15 23:20

Huge quakes hit Japan

Huge earthquakes hit Japan this afternoon. It was very scary. At first, I thought that it was a nomal quake that happens every so often in...

2011/03/11 23:37

Penguins film their lives underwater.

The Japanese Antarctic research team attached video cameras to the backs of Adelie penguins and let them shoot videos of their lives under t...

2011/03/09 13:09

What a surprise, it's snowing again in Tokyo!

It started snowing agatin this morning in Tokyo. When I was a child, we sometimes had snows in March, but we didn't have snows in Marh in re...

2011/03/07 16:45

Norovirus debut

Norovirus disease is very common in Japan where people customary eat raw shellfish such as oysters. The norovirus is highly contagious so sm...

2011/02/25 23:44

Pandas come to Japan

Giant pandas are perhaps the most popular animal in Japan. Two giant pandas are coming to Japan from China this evening, and many Japanese ...

2011/02/21 19:56

Wisdom removed

Yesterday, my husband went to a dentist to have wisdom tooth removed. It took him nearly 2 years to make up his mind after his dentist sugge...

2011/02/19 22:40

Warm and windy

It wasn't an intention of this blog to record everyday weather in Tokyo, but I haven't been going out much these days and there isn't much h...

2011/02/19 00:23

It's cold and I have a cold.

It all started a couple of weeks ago. First, I had a sore throat and felt a chill. I went to a chemist and bought a medicine for colds. Afte...

2011/02/16 22:29

Snow again, but sunny now.

It snowed again last night in Tokyo. It was heavier than the last week's snow and it accumulated to 2 cm from the ground, according to the M...

2011/02/15 14:33

Snow in Tokyo

It is snowing in Tokyo today. It is the first time in this winter to have this much snow in Tokyo. In the morning, the snow contained lots o...

2011/02/11 16:21

The start of spring

Today is "risshun" in the Japanese calendar, which literally means "the start of spring". Just as it says, it is sunny and warm like sprin...

2011/02/04 16:22

Record snow in Japan

Japan Meteorological Agency announced yesterday that the amount of snow in January was the highest on record at 37 weather stations located ...

2011/02/02 12:06

NHK Special Life force evolution never ends

A new TV series by NHK, Life force: evolution never ends started last night. This is a special series program broadcasted for six weeks ever...

2011/01/31 18:30

45 people killed by snow.

My friends in Europe told me last month that it was very cold and snowy. Now, cold spells came to Japan. It's been very cold everywhere in...

2011/01/22 16:24

Japan's greenhouse gas emissions in 2009

The Japanese Ministry of the Environment announced the greenhouse gas emissions in 2009 was 4.1% below the 1990 emission level. (1990 is the...

2011/01/21 20:06

New Year cuisine

 Time flies. The festive season has gone very quickly.  I had a relatively quite new year this year. I visited my parents and my husband's...

2011/01/19 11:07