1,000 Irradiated Dead Bodies in Japan
Up to 1,000 Bodies Left Untouched Near Troubled Nuke Plant Kyodo News (March 31, 2011) I started this new post on the aftermath in Japan…
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March 24, 2011Japan Begins Mass Burials
Hasty Burial for the Dead Collides With Tradition Michael Wines, The New York Times (March 24, 2011) Families of the tsunami’s victims faced a mass…
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December 20, 2009
The Cliffs of Tojimbo
At Japanese Cliffs, a Campaign to Combat Suicide Martin Fackler, New York Times (December 17, 2009) “I will continue until the government finally gets its…
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November 24, 2009
Discards
The euthanasia of unwanted cats and dogs is a regular occurrence the world over. However, in Japan, it takes on epic proportions. The voracious appetite…
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October 7, 2009
Stressed Out
In the U.S. and overseas, the recession is taking a toll. In addition to bodies stacking up at morgues and cemeteries in foreclosure, we can…
