TEPCO to pay 500M bonus to employees

Tokyo Electric Power Company, Inc(TEPCO) on July 22 will pay 100,000 yen to all employee who is holding an administrative position as a section chief or above, for putting the breaks on drain of human resources. Approximately 5,000 employees will receive this bonus which amount to 500 milliom yen in total.
It cut 30 percent of salary in managers grades and 20 percent in other grades. 1,286 employees resigned their post voluntarily including 51 managers by this June.


東電管理職に１０万円一時金　社員優遇に疑問符　―東京新聞 TOKYO Web
http://www.tokyo-np.co.jp/article/economics/news/CK2013072002000120.html


Members of a USS crew filed suit against TEPCO

Tohoku Earthquake, 2,814 people are still missing

71,900 cars wrecked by 3.11 earthquake and tsunami were removed

Radio active caesium detected from 0.1% of children in Fukushima

The former PM Hatoyama joined Anti-nuclear demonstration

Members of a USS crew filed suit against TEPCO

8 members of a USS Ronald Reagan crew who joined "Operation Tomodachi", the assistance operation to support Japan in disaster relief following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami file a suit against TEPCO(Tokyo Electric Power Company) for being exposed to radiation.
The plaintiffs are arguing that they had to work in the stricken area while misunderstanding radiation risk not having being provided accurate information. They claim 220 million dollars, 10 million for the each in damages and the rest for establishing a fund for medical expenses in the future.


トモダチ作戦参加の米兵が東電訴える　―NHKニュース
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20121228/k10014491471000.html

Tohoku Earthquake, 2,814 people are still missing

Bodies were temporary buried in the ground kept waiting to be cremated.

National Police Agency stated the number of people died of the Great East Japan Earthquake is 15,870, and 2,814 are still missing at the point of September 12th 2012.


震災死者１万５８７０人、不明２８１４人　１２日現在　―朝日新聞デジタル
http://www.asahi.com/national/update/0912/TKY201209120483.html

71,900 cars wrecked by 3.11 earthquake and tsunami were removed

Cars swept away by tsunami

The Ministry of the Environment announced that 71,900 automobiles wrecked by Great East Japan Earthquake or 3.11 last year in Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima were removed to temporal depositories.
17,200 wrecks in Iwate, 52,800 in Miyagi and 1900 in Fukushima were removed until July 11th 2011 and 42,500 were already disposed.


東日本大震災の被災自動車７万台、撤去ほぼ終了　―YOMIURI ONLINE
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/national/news/20120810-OYT1T01122.htm

Radio active caesium detected from 0.1% of children in Fukushima

Children take inspection(*image)

Inspection of internal radiation exposure implemented to 5,931 children aged between 4 to 12 in Fukushima from April to June this year revealed that radio active caesium is identified from 6 or 0.1 percent of children.
Among them, three children are from the same family with the highest rate of 615 Bq, caused by eating wild mushrooms.
Restraining vegetables grown outdoors, government's strict regulations for foods and the nation's low food self-supporting ratio have contributed the result, doctors analyses.
Caesium taken inside child's body reduces by half in 30 to 60 days because of metabolism function.


原発事故:福島の子供　セシウム検出０．１％に　―毎日jp
http://mainichi.jp/select/news/20120803k0000m040147000c.html

The former PM Hatoyama joined Anti-nuclear demonstration

Yukio Hatoyama wearing a rain coat


The former prime minister Yukio Hatoyama on Friday July 20th attended the anti-nuclear demonstration outside the Prime Minister's Official Residence.
He stated "I think the government should give up restarting reactors at this point."


鳩山氏、雨がっぱで反原発デモに…拡声機握る
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/politics/news/20120720-OYT1T01102.htm