Living in Tokyo After the Quake 2011-03-17

7th day from the North East Pacific Earthquake While Japan has been receiving supportive messages from all over the World and seeing many articles with positive tones by foreign media, it is a little bit sad to start encountering those ones criticizing the government’s leadership under especially so-called “nuclear crisis.”  Yes it might be true to some extent that the Japanese... Read More

Living in Tokyo After the Quake 2011-03-12/13

2nd and 3rd day from the Northern Pacific Earthquake (2011-03-12/13) We were lucky to be able to walk back home in two hours to the nearest staff’s home, while there were many people having to stay overnight at offices, at stations, at shelters (schools etc) etc in Tokyo. What was amazing was that those who decided to walk back home marched in orderly manner, without causing... Read More

International Distress Signals

Make distress signals visible from the above on building roofs. Request for water and foods : “ F “ Urgent medical attention necessary : “ － “ (One crossbar) In need of medicines : “ = “ (Two crossbars) Secured landing site : “ △ “ (Triangle) In need of fuel, such as lamp oil and gas : “ L “ “We are safe” : “ LL “  Read More

Updates: Earthquake in Japan

Dear international friends and readers, I am Reina, editor-in-chief of eco+waza. This is not an article but a letter from Tokyo to our readers around the world. As you’ve probably seen in the news, Japan is now going through a time of crisis due to the M8.8 earthquake yesterday. We are writing this in hope to provide English information to non-Japanese speakers in Japan and... Read More

Kick-off Event toward the Earth Summit 2012

January 2011, 200 participants gathered at an event “Start moving for the Earth Summit 2012,” held at the Nippon Foundation Building in Toranomon, Tokyo. This event was co-hosted by Earth 2012 Japan and YEN (Youth Environmental Network) as a kick-off event of the third Earth Summit which is to be held in 2012. The event started off with a welcome message from Aron Belinky... Read More