If you read the ramblings on here I post up from time to time you’ll know that I’m not the most forthcoming when it comes to dishing out praise and compliments. They do come sometimes, but they have to be earned., especially from businesses that I give my hard-earned and significant amounts of cash to. [...]
Aerocatch: Customer Service at its Best
Posted By Dave on April 27th, 2012
If you read the ramblings on here I post up from time to time you’ll know that I’m not the most forthcoming when it comes to dishing out praise and compliments. They do come sometimes, but they have to be earned., especially from businesses that I give my hard-earned and significant amounts of cash to. [...]
North Korea: Up, up, up and a failure!
Posted By Dave on April 13th, 2012
In news that is not really going to shock anyone with more than a couple of brain cells to rub together, this morning’s rocket/satellite/missile launch by DPRK has appeared to have ended in abject failure. The Tongchang-dong launched at 7:39 local time and was up for a… well, for a minute. Which makes it marginally [...]
Someone’s Not Telling The Truth… Who Could It Be?
Posted By Dave on April 2nd, 2012
If you read my post last Thursday, you’ll know that according to a Okinawa base-wide email that was sent a couple of days previous, the Ministry for the Environment has stated that no radioactive debris will be sent out of the Fukushima area. I stated then that the information being given out was contrary to [...]
Okinawa Going Nuclear: A Few Updates
Posted By Dave on March 29th, 2012
What a difference a week makes. Just 9 days ago I published an article based around a story from fukushima-diary.com about how two places in Okinawa (Onna Village and Nago City) had said they would accept radioactive waste from the Fukushima nuclear reactor disaster; a story that not too many were aware of at the [...]
“Support by Eating” Campaign in Japan Claims its First Victim
Posted By Dave on March 22nd, 2012
On something of a roll here, a brief scan around of some of the blogs got me looking at a few stories that the media here will probably not be reporting. And it’s a good way to follow the previous article about radiation from Fukushima entering the food chain, even here in Okinawa. So, sometime [...]
12″ Margherita Pizza, with Extra Olives, Peppers, and… Caesium???
Posted By Dave on March 22nd, 2012
Slight follow-up from the previous two days’ stories about Okinawan towns (Onna Village, Nago City and Naha City) accepting radioactive debris from the Fukushima area. I should stress it is a slightly older article I’ve come across, back from February 8th, but is still worth reporting to those who have not seen it. For those [...]
Naha City to Accept Radioactive Debris From Fukushima
Posted By Dave on March 21st, 2012
Well, it seems that my article yesterday about two towns in Okinawa (Onna Village and Nago City) accepting radioactive debris from Fukushima was not the whole story. It looks as if the prefectural capital, Naha City, also wants some cash from the Japanese government… err I’m sorry, I meant to help with the burden of [...]
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Two Cities in Okinawa Ready to Accept Radioactive Waste
Posted By Dave on March 19th, 2012
Just over a year has passed since the devestating earthquake and resulting tsunami that hit northern Japan. While the cities like Sendai have returned to something like normality, people are still living in school gymnasiums, their payments having stopped from the government and the local governments still retaining around 70% of money donated by the [...]
Okinawa: Not Giving its Students the Recognition They Deserve
Posted By Dave on March 15th, 2012
OK, some of you who know me know that from August to November last year I had the responsibility of coaching a student for the H.I.H. Prince Takemado Trophy in the 63rd All Japan Inter-Middle School English Oratorical Contest. A hell of a long name for a very prestigious trophy. This year was my first [...]
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Making Joseph Kony Famous in 2012
Posted By Dave on March 8th, 2012
I’m sure plenty of you will have no idea who Joseph Kony is, or why we should be making him famous in 2012, but please take the time to read on. The Kony 2012 is a campaign started by a group called Invisible Children, and is going viral on Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and Youtube at [...]
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