One month after the devastating tsunami, the Japanese are still living at the rate of earthquakes, rationing food and fear of nuclear invisible. The French remained in the country, some have lost their jobs, testify. "I began to suffer harm from earthquakes," by Catherine A. There are always words to learn in his own language as a foreign language.
As we get seasick or motion sickness, I began to suffer from jishin-yoi, literally "evil earthquakes. In Tokyo, we are very privileged: the buildings are still standing, the power cuts have been limited, shops, except for mineral water and yogurt, are supplied. The radioactivity released by the hour on the Department website, does not seem alarming at the moment.
But last week, the aftershocks are linked one after another. If television or radio are on a musiquette discordant sounds. There exists a system for automatic detection of vibrational waves immediately preceding the earthquake. Two sentences of five ascending notes to raise the alarm. Ten seconds after the shock arrives, the chandelier is swinging from the ceiling, the house creaks.
Soon, the TV gives the epicenter, the earthquake's magnitude and intensity of shaking in the affected areas. Since March 11, we are entitled to a new item because the Tohoku region has five nuclear power plants, a total of fifteen units. The TV presenter made the call: Dai-Ichi Fukushima, Fukushima Dai-Ni Onagawa, Higashidori Tokai Dai-ni.
Phew, no break this time. But I find myself watching the slightest oscillation of the chandelier on the ceiling or shaking water in my glass. "I still sleep with my passport, a whistle and my phone," by Patrick L. My girlfriend is still in Hong Kong. She has continued to urge me to leave my job, to drop my stuff and fly away from here.
I still sleep with in their pockets, my passport, a whistle to alert rescue dogs, a wad of banknotes, my phone and my bankbook. Nothing has changed in Tokyo, but the dark streets at night, reminding us that it is useless to try to open the eyes now, what worries us is invisible, is not it ? Ionizing radiation! Only specialists who detect.
The others, all of us have only to manage our fear. Me, despite the Japanese custom, I decided to sleep with a pair of shoes next to my futon. "I find myself unemployed," by Olivier S. I live in Japan for six years now. Since my arrival here I have always found that fun to live here. Now it is true that we live in very difficult times.
Currently, my first problem, because a lot of French, is work. Until now I was a tourist guide for French groups. Since the disaster that all circuits proposed agency were canceled for lack of customers. I now find myself unemployed. I would also like to say thank you to those who, on French television, make the bad publicity over Japan and also to those who no longer trust the food offered in Japanese restaurants in France: they participate in the fall of the Japanese economy.
"Tokyo has turned into a provincial town a bit dull," by Matthew G. In a city of light that sometimes eclipsed New York, Tokyo has turned into a provincial town a bit dull, dark at times, where the joy of living, and recklessness that we cultivate is gone. The number of foreigners (residents as tourists) melted like snow in the sun.
Friends, including Franco-Japanese couples are left. Population refrains from eating what falls from the superfluous in solidarity with the victims who lost everything, knowing that neither moral nor the economy will do well in this rhythm. Is it indecent to get back to living as before? Nobody has real answer to this question.
We live trapped between a certain inevitability and desire to bounce violently together. "My resistance to seismic stress seems he earned several degrees," by Louis Replica succeed the replicas. This morning, the train stopped a few minutes, then in a meeting earlier this afternoon. The phone of my colleague had warned us a few seconds before the arrival of shocks.
It remained motionless and silent for a moment, as if waiting for the first explosions heard the engines of B29. My friend watching my reaction, but I continue my presentation, without really paying attention to the violent shaking quite yet. My resistance to seismic stress, it seems, gained a few degrees.
Therein lies the danger ... no longer feel the danger of habit or just tired. "The escalators closed all the screens off," by Jacques HJ Certainly there have been three large aftershocks within 24 hours, but the newspaper did not feel that their difference in subway stations or less well-lit escalators all closed to save electricity.
The giant screens are off to Shinjuku. But what struck me most is the scarcity of foreign (European) in the streets or the subway. When I arrived at Narita last Friday, the immigration office was empty when we would normally expect 20 minutes, and customs officials were friendly almost see a European venture in Japan.
Sunday we went to celebrate the hanami (cherry blossom) in family and thousands of others as we had in the park Kishijoji, but there was still some tension on the faces. My son has lived for six years in Tokyo and it's always a pleasure for me when I come back to see the people I learned to love and admire.
"I had to leave my apartment because of a big crack," by Mickey N. I live in Japan for nine years, including three in Tokyo. I live on the 5th floor of a building over 30 years and I feel very good every jolt, even smaller. In one month, we felt more than 960. The week following the earthquake, I had to leave my apartment because of a big crack and the high risk of a strong aftershock in Tokyo, to find refuge with my companion and friend in french a Japanese friend of Okayama (west of Osaka).
When warnings have calmed down, we could reach Tokyo and return to our apartment, which the building was repaired during our absence. We have resumed work, trains and subways running normally. The only visible signs are now required to save electricity and all the rationing of some commodities in supermarkets such as milk, water, rice and some products made from soy milk.
Life has returned to normal despite the numerous aftershocks. The school where I work has implemented special measures in case of alarm and children are very well prepared. "My Japanese colleagues, we want our company transferred to Osaka," by Ivan F. I live and work in Tokyo. While the panic on water and foodstuffs is over I feel more and more discontent vis-à-vis the government and direction of TEPCO.
Besides the fact that they waited until after the election to declare the classification at 7, the lack of clarity in the information (level 7 "temporary", it makes no sense), and especially on the management plant site are increasingly subject to criticism. While I read many articles saying that the Japanese want us to have fled the country, many of my Japanese colleagues say they wish that we transfer our business in Osaka, and advise me to return to France where my family waiting for me.
Some magazines and newspapers continue to titrate the Western media do too much on the risks of cancer, but the risk is not taken lightly here. The Tokyoites who have their lives, their homes, their families, their work in Tokyo can not leave the city so easily, and therefore they want the government to give clear information. 
As we get seasick or motion sickness, I began to suffer from jishin-yoi, literally "evil earthquakes. In Tokyo, we are very privileged: the buildings are still standing, the power cuts have been limited, shops, except for mineral water and yogurt, are supplied. The radioactivity released by the hour on the Department website, does not seem alarming at the moment.
But last week, the aftershocks are linked one after another. If television or radio are on a musiquette discordant sounds. There exists a system for automatic detection of vibrational waves immediately preceding the earthquake. Two sentences of five ascending notes to raise the alarm. Ten seconds after the shock arrives, the chandelier is swinging from the ceiling, the house creaks.
Soon, the TV gives the epicenter, the earthquake's magnitude and intensity of shaking in the affected areas. Since March 11, we are entitled to a new item because the Tohoku region has five nuclear power plants, a total of fifteen units. The TV presenter made the call: Dai-Ichi Fukushima, Fukushima Dai-Ni Onagawa, Higashidori Tokai Dai-ni.
Phew, no break this time. But I find myself watching the slightest oscillation of the chandelier on the ceiling or shaking water in my glass. "I still sleep with my passport, a whistle and my phone," by Patrick L. My girlfriend is still in Hong Kong. She has continued to urge me to leave my job, to drop my stuff and fly away from here.
I still sleep with in their pockets, my passport, a whistle to alert rescue dogs, a wad of banknotes, my phone and my bankbook. Nothing has changed in Tokyo, but the dark streets at night, reminding us that it is useless to try to open the eyes now, what worries us is invisible, is not it ? Ionizing radiation! Only specialists who detect.
The others, all of us have only to manage our fear. Me, despite the Japanese custom, I decided to sleep with a pair of shoes next to my futon. "I find myself unemployed," by Olivier S. I live in Japan for six years now. Since my arrival here I have always found that fun to live here. Now it is true that we live in very difficult times.
Currently, my first problem, because a lot of French, is work. Until now I was a tourist guide for French groups. Since the disaster that all circuits proposed agency were canceled for lack of customers. I now find myself unemployed. I would also like to say thank you to those who, on French television, make the bad publicity over Japan and also to those who no longer trust the food offered in Japanese restaurants in France: they participate in the fall of the Japanese economy.
"Tokyo has turned into a provincial town a bit dull," by Matthew G. In a city of light that sometimes eclipsed New York, Tokyo has turned into a provincial town a bit dull, dark at times, where the joy of living, and recklessness that we cultivate is gone. The number of foreigners (residents as tourists) melted like snow in the sun.
Friends, including Franco-Japanese couples are left. Population refrains from eating what falls from the superfluous in solidarity with the victims who lost everything, knowing that neither moral nor the economy will do well in this rhythm. Is it indecent to get back to living as before? Nobody has real answer to this question.
We live trapped between a certain inevitability and desire to bounce violently together. "My resistance to seismic stress seems he earned several degrees," by Louis Replica succeed the replicas. This morning, the train stopped a few minutes, then in a meeting earlier this afternoon. The phone of my colleague had warned us a few seconds before the arrival of shocks.
It remained motionless and silent for a moment, as if waiting for the first explosions heard the engines of B29. My friend watching my reaction, but I continue my presentation, without really paying attention to the violent shaking quite yet. My resistance to seismic stress, it seems, gained a few degrees.
Therein lies the danger ... no longer feel the danger of habit or just tired. "The escalators closed all the screens off," by Jacques HJ Certainly there have been three large aftershocks within 24 hours, but the newspaper did not feel that their difference in subway stations or less well-lit escalators all closed to save electricity.
The giant screens are off to Shinjuku. But what struck me most is the scarcity of foreign (European) in the streets or the subway. When I arrived at Narita last Friday, the immigration office was empty when we would normally expect 20 minutes, and customs officials were friendly almost see a European venture in Japan.
Sunday we went to celebrate the hanami (cherry blossom) in family and thousands of others as we had in the park Kishijoji, but there was still some tension on the faces. My son has lived for six years in Tokyo and it's always a pleasure for me when I come back to see the people I learned to love and admire.
"I had to leave my apartment because of a big crack," by Mickey N. I live in Japan for nine years, including three in Tokyo. I live on the 5th floor of a building over 30 years and I feel very good every jolt, even smaller. In one month, we felt more than 960. The week following the earthquake, I had to leave my apartment because of a big crack and the high risk of a strong aftershock in Tokyo, to find refuge with my companion and friend in french a Japanese friend of Okayama (west of Osaka).
When warnings have calmed down, we could reach Tokyo and return to our apartment, which the building was repaired during our absence. We have resumed work, trains and subways running normally. The only visible signs are now required to save electricity and all the rationing of some commodities in supermarkets such as milk, water, rice and some products made from soy milk.
Life has returned to normal despite the numerous aftershocks. The school where I work has implemented special measures in case of alarm and children are very well prepared. "My Japanese colleagues, we want our company transferred to Osaka," by Ivan F. I live and work in Tokyo. While the panic on water and foodstuffs is over I feel more and more discontent vis-à-vis the government and direction of TEPCO.
Besides the fact that they waited until after the election to declare the classification at 7, the lack of clarity in the information (level 7 "temporary", it makes no sense), and especially on the management plant site are increasingly subject to criticism. While I read many articles saying that the Japanese want us to have fled the country, many of my Japanese colleagues say they wish that we transfer our business in Osaka, and advise me to return to France where my family waiting for me.
Some magazines and newspapers continue to titrate the Western media do too much on the risks of cancer, but the risk is not taken lightly here. The Tokyoites who have their lives, their homes, their families, their work in Tokyo can not leave the city so easily, and therefore they want the government to give clear information.
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