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Japan: A Week of Typhoons, Earthquakes, and Nuke Leaks
Written by: Global Voices
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Living directly on the edge of the Pacific Ocean, in a region known for its seismic activity and unstable climatic conditions, in a country with more earthquakes than any other in the world, Japanese are accustomed to the threat of natural disasters. A week of record-setting earthquakes and typhoons — not to mention a calamity of humankind’s own creation — has, however, served as a powerful and painful reminder that ultimately humans are no match for nature’s wrath.Last week on Friday, Typhoon No. 4 [Man-yi] hit the islands of Okinawa, Japan’s southernmost prefecture, flooding areas with torrential rains, before moving on to Kyushu and then finally on out to sea. Thousands of people were forced to evacuate their homes as the typhoon, with record wind speeds of up to 216 km/h and air pressure reaching 945 hectopascals, tore at houses and city infrastructure, precipitating floods and landslides and sweeping away one 11-year-old boy in a river. The fury of the storm, however, did not stop some people from venturing out to have a look for themselves, with predictable consequences.No longer had the typhoon made its departure than a massive earthquake hit the region of Niigata, measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale and upper 6 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale. Dramatic footage broadcast on Japanese TV, taken from the security camera in a supermarket, shows store shelves rocked by violent seismic waves; another home video shows a kid hiding under the table as his dad tells him everything will be okay. Television showed people at shelters lining up to get water and take a bath as the Self-Defense Forces were called in to provide housing and support.The most ominous result of the series of disasters over the past week was without doubt the finding that the world’s largest nuclear reactor, the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa power plant, which erupted in flames directly following the powerful earthquake, is sitting directly above an active faultline. While officials at the Tokyo Electric Power Company initially denied any leaks, they later revealed that 1200 litres of radioactive water had washed into the sea, and that 100 drums containing low-level nuclear waste had fallen over, causing “several” to lose their lids. While some have compared the nuke incident to Three Mile Island, others argue that facts in the spill incident are being trampled by hysteria. Blogger r at r-studio provides a quick summary of the week’s events, noting that the majority of them happened in a span of 24 hours:
昨æ-¥ã¯å‡„ã¾ã˜ã„æ-¥ã§ã-ãŸã。
Yesterday was a fierce day.
1. ã‚„ã£ã¨å°é¢¨4å·ãŒå¤ªå¹³æ´‹ã¸æŠœã'ã¦ã„ã£ãŸã€‚
2. 新潟ã§éœ‡åº¦6å¼·ã®å¤§åœ°éœ‡ç™ºç"Ÿã€‚é'森ã‹ã‚‰å¤§é˜ªã€å…µåº«ä»˜è¿'ã¾ã§æºã‚Œã‚'観測。
3. æŸå´Žåˆˆç¾½åŽŸç™ºã‹ã‚‰æ"¾å°„性物質ã‚'ãµãむ水ãŒæµ·ã¸æµå‡ºã€‚
4. 新潟ã§éœ‡åº¦6å¼±ã®ä½™éœ‡ç™ºç"Ÿã€‚
5. 奈良ã§éœ‡åº¦3ã®åœ°éœ‡ç™ºç"Ÿã€‚è¿'畿地方ã§æºã‚Œã‚'観測。
6. 京都沖ã‚'震æºã¨ã™ã‚‹åœ°éœ‡ç™ºç"Ÿã€‚何故ã‹åŒ-æµ·é"ã‹ã‚‰é–¢æ±ã«ã‹ã'ã¦å¤ªå¹³æ´‹å´ã§éœ‡åº¦3ã‹ã‚‰4ã‚'観測。
7. 大阪ã¨å¥ˆè‰¯ã§1時é–"ã®é™æ°´é‡ãŒ100ミリã‚'超ãˆã‚‹è¨˜éŒ²çš„集ä¸è±ªé›¨ãŒç™ºç"Ÿã€‚
1. Typhoon No. 4 [Man-yi] finally passed through and into the Pacific Ocean.
2. In Niigata there was an earthquake registering upper 6 [on the Japanese seismic intensity scale]. Tremors were felt from Aomori to Osaka, and as far as the vincinity of Hyogo [prefecture].
3. Water containing radioactive material leaked from the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant into the sea.
4. An aftershock registering 6 [on the Japanese seismic intensity scale] hit Niigata.
5. Nara was hit by an earthquake registering 3 [on the Japanese seismic intensity scale]. Tremors were felt in the Kinki region.
6. Another earthquake centered off the coast of Kyoto erupted. From Hokkaido to the Kanto region, along the side [of Japan] facing the Pacific Ocean, earthquakes of between 3 and 4 [on the Japanese seismic intensity scale] were recorded.
7. A severe rainstorm hit Osaka and Nara, in one hour setting a record with over 100 milimeters of precipitation.
2. In Niigata there was an earthquake registering upper 6 [on the Japanese seismic intensity scale]. Tremors were felt from Aomori to Osaka, and as far as the vincinity of Hyogo [prefecture].
3. Water containing radioactive material leaked from the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant into the sea.
4. An aftershock registering 6 [on the Japanese seismic intensity scale] hit Niigata.
5. Nara was hit by an earthquake registering 3 [on the Japanese seismic intensity scale]. Tremors were felt in the Kinki region.
6. Another earthquake centered off the coast of Kyoto erupted. From Hokkaido to the Kanto region, along the side [of Japan] facing the Pacific Ocean, earthquakes of between 3 and 4 [on the Japanese seismic intensity scale] were recorded.
7. A severe rainstorm hit Osaka and Nara, in one hour setting a record with over 100 milimeters of precipitation.
å°é¢¨ã¯åˆ¥ã¨ã-ã¦ã€2以é™ãŒ24時é–"以内ã«ç™ºç"Ÿã-ãŸã®ã§ã™ã€‚異常ã¨ã-ã‹æ€ãˆã¾ã›ã‚"。
Apart from the typhoon, 2-7 all occurred within a period of 24 hours. Seems pretty abnormal to me.
Blogger oka_5489net in Okinawa describes their first-hand experience living through the typhoon:先週é‡'曜æ-¥ã‹ã‚‰å¤§åž‹ã§éžå¸¸ã«å¼·ã„å°é¢¨ï¼"å·ãŒæ²–縄ã‚'ç›´æ'ƒã-ã¦ã¾ã-ãŸã€‚ãªã‚"ã¨24時é–"も滞在ã-ã¦ã„ãŸã¨ã‹ã€‚外ã‚'見るã¨ã€ã²ã©ã„時ã¯ãƒã‚±ãƒ„ã®æ°´ãŒæ¨ªã‹ã‚‰é™ã£ã¦ãã‚‹æ„Ÿã˜ã€‚è¿'ãã®å»ºç‰©ã‚‚æ¿€ã-ã„雨ã®ã›ã„ã§è¦‹ãˆãªããªã£ã¦ã¾ã-ãŸã€‚一æ-¦é¢¨é›¨ãŒæ¢ã¾ã£ãŸã™ãã«å‡ºå‹¤ã-ãŸã®ã§ã™ãŒã€è¡-路樹ã®æžè'‰ã‚„ã€æ ¹ã"ããŽé£›ã‚"ã§ã-ã¾ã£ãŸæœ¨ã€…ã€ã‚¢ãƒ³ãƒ†ãƒŠã‚„自動販売機ã®ãã°ã«ã‚るよã†ãªã‚´ãƒŸç®±ãªã©æ•£ä¹±çŠ¶æ…‹ã€‚今æ-¥ã‚‚那覇市内ã¯æ™‚折激ã-ã„雨ã«è¦‹ã¾ã‚ã‚Œãã¥ãã„ãŸå¤©æ°-ã§ã™ã€‚å°é¢¨ãŒéŽãŽãŸã¨æ€ã£ãŸã‚‰æ–°æ½Ÿã® 32;ã®æ°´ãŒæ¨ªã‹ã‚‰é™ã£ã¦ãã‚‹æ„Ÿã˜ã€‚è¿'ãã®å»ºç‰©ã‚‚æ¿€ã-ã„雨ã®ã›ã„ã§è¦‹ãˆãªããªã£ã¦ã¾ã-ãŸã€‚一æ-¦é¢¨é›¨ãŒæ¢ã¾ã£ãŸã™ãã«å‡ºå‹¤ã-ãŸã®ã§ã™ãŒã€è¡-路樹ã®æžè'‰ã‚„ã€æ ¹ã"ããŽé£›ã‚"ã§ã-ã¾ã£ãŸæœ¨ã€…ã€ã‚¢ãƒ³ãƒ†ãƒŠã‚„自動販売機ã®ãã°ã«ã‚るよã†ãªã‚´ãƒŸç®±ãªã©æ•£ä¹±çŠ¶æ…‹ã€‚今æ-¥ã‚‚那覇市内ã¯æ™‚折激ã-ã„雨ã«è¦‹ã¾ã‚ã‚Œãã¥ãã„ãŸå¤©æ°-ã§ã™ã€‚å°é¢¨ãŒéŽãŽãŸã¨æ€ã£ãŸã‚‰æ–°æ½Ÿã® 227;Œã€è¡-路樹ã®æžè'‰ã‚„ã€æ ¹ã"ããŽé£›ã‚"ã§ã-ã¾ã£ãŸæœ¨ã€…ã€ã‚¢ãƒ³ãƒ†ãƒŠã‚„自動販売機ã®ãã°ã«ã‚るよã†ãªã‚´ãƒŸç®±ãªã©æ•£ä¹±çŠ¶æ…‹ã€‚今æ-¥ã‚‚那覇市内ã¯æ™‚折激ã-ã„雨ã«è¦‹ã¾ã‚ã‚Œãã¥ãã„ãŸå¤©æ°-ã§ã™ã€‚å°é¢¨ãŒéŽãŽãŸã¨æ€ã£ãŸã‚‰æ–°æ½Ÿã® ‚内ã¯æ™‚折激ã-ã„雨ã«è¦‹ã¾ã‚ã‚Œãã¥ãã„ãŸå¤©æ°-ã§ã™ã€‚å°é¢¨ãŒéŽãŽãŸã¨æ€ã£ãŸã‚‰æ–°æ½Ÿã® 大地震ã€ä½•ã‹ä¸æ°-å'³ãªæ„Ÿã˜ã§ã™ã€‚（ãªãªãˆï¼‰
Starting last Friday, an incredibly strong typhoon, Typhoon No. 4 [Man-yi], hit Okinawa head on. Believe it or not, it stayed here for a full 24 hours.
During the worst periods, you would look outside it felt like the rain was coming from the side out of buckets. The rain was so torrential that I couldn’t even see nearby buildings. When the
wind and rained stopped for a moment, I took the chance to go to work, but everything was in a chaotic state: branches and leaves from the trees lining the streets, trees that had been ripped out by
their roots, and antennas and the stuff from garbage cans next to vending machines, all of these things were scattered [all over the place]. Today as well, the weather in Naha City is bringing more
torrential rain. Just as we thought the typhoon had passed, then came the huge earthquake in Niigata. It all somehow feels a bit eerie.
Blogger Matsukun, who runs a cafe in Okinawa, describes his experience of the typhoon:木曜æ-¥æ·±å¤œã€‚
ãã„ã¤ã¯äºˆå®šé€šã‚Šã«ã‚„ã£ã¦ããŸã€‚
å½"æ-¥å‡ºå‹¤ã®ã‚¹ã‚¿ãƒƒãƒ•ã‚‚ã€åº-ã®å°é¢¨å¯¾ç–ã«ãŠãŠã‚らã‚。
Late Thursday night.
As was predicted, the storm arrived.
The staff who were working that day put a lot of effort into protecting the store from the storm.
As was predicted, the storm arrived.
The staff who were working that day put a lot of effort into protecting the store from the storm.
é‡'曜æ-¥æœã€‚
よã天æ°-äºˆå ±ã¨ã‹ã§ã„ã†â€œçŒ›çƒˆãªâ€ã§ã‚る。
æœä¸€ç•ªã«çª"ã‚'å°'ã-ã ã'é–‹ã'ã¦ã¿ã‚‹ã€‚
è'れ狂ã†ç"ºã€‚ã†ã‰ãƒ¼ã¨å«ã³ãŸããªã‚‹ã€‚
ã"ã®æ§˜ç›¸ã§ã€æµ·æ²¿ã„ã®åº-ãŒç„¡äº‹ãªã‚ã'ãªã„。
ã‚る程度覚悟ã-ãŸã€‚
覚悟ã-ã¤ã¤ãƒ†ãƒ¬ãƒ"ã‚'ã¤ã'ãŸã€‚
ã¤ã‹ãªã„…。
クーラーã¤ã'ãŸã€‚
ã¤ã‹ãªã„…。
åœé›»ã§ã‚る。
Friday morning.
In weather forecasts and so on, [people were using the word] “fierce” a lot.
First thing in the morning I opened the window a bit to see out.
[The weather in] the city was raging. I wanted to scream.
In this type of situation, I realized that waterfront stores are not safe.
I tried to prepared to some degree.
As I was preparing, I switched on the TV.
But it didn’t come on.
I turned on the air conditioner.
But it didn’t come on.
There was a power failure.
[…]In weather forecasts and so on, [people were using the word] “fierce” a lot.
First thing in the morning I opened the window a bit to see out.
[The weather in] the city was raging. I wanted to scream.
In this type of situation, I realized that waterfront stores are not safe.
I tried to prepared to some degree.
As I was preparing, I switched on the TV.
But it didn’t come on.
I turned on the air conditioner.
But it didn’t come on.
There was a power failure.
é‡'曜åˆå¾Œã€‚
å°'ã-風ãŒã‚„ã‚"ã 。
å°é¢¨ã®ç›®ã«å…¥ã£ãŸã‹ï¼Ÿï¼Ÿ
åº-ã®æ§˜åã‚'見ã«è¡Œã。
ニュースã¨ã‹ã§ã‚ˆãæµã‚Œã‚‹ã‚„ã¤ã€‚
「åº-ã®æ§˜åã‚'見ã«è¡Œã£ãŸäººãŒçªé¢¨ã«ã‚ãŠã‚‰ã‚Œæ€ªæˆ'ã‚'ã-ã¾ã-ãŸã€ã¨ã„ã†å†…容。
ã‚ã‚Œã«ãªã£ã¦ã¯ãªã‚‹ã¾ã„ã¨ã€
ãŠãã‚‹ãŠãる見ã«ã„ã。
厨房内ã«è£å£ã‹ã‚‰å…¥ã‚Šè¾¼ã‚"ã ã¨æ€ã‚れる雨水ãŒæµ¸å…¥ã€‚
ベãƒãƒ£ãƒ™ãƒãƒ£ã 。
Friday
afternoon.
The wind died down a bit.
Maybe we’re in the eye of the storm?
I went to check out the state of the condition of the store.
It’s like what you see on the news on TV
[The news was saying] that which goes like: “Someone who went out to check on their store was injured by the fury of the storm.”
So that that kind of thing would not happen to me,
I was very cautious when I went to see.
Water had rushed into the kitchen, I think through the back door.
It was a complete mess.
[…]The wind died down a bit.
Maybe we’re in the eye of the storm?
I went to check out the state of the condition of the store.
It’s like what you see on the news on TV
[The news was saying] that which goes like: “Someone who went out to check on their store was injured by the fury of the storm.”
So that that kind of thing would not happen to me,
I was very cautious when I went to see.
Water had rushed into the kitchen, I think through the back door.
It was a complete mess.
ã-ã‹ã-ラッã‚ーãªã"ã¨ã‚‚ã‚ã£ãŸã€‚
2階ã«ã¯é›»æ°-ãŒãã¦ã„る。
åœé›»ã«ãªã£ã¦ã„ãªã„。
But I was lucky.
There was still power going to the second floor.
There wasn’t a power failure.
[…]There was still power going to the second floor.
There wasn’t a power failure.
土曜æ-¥æœã€‚
よーã-ï¼ä»Šæ-¥ã¯åº-é–‹ã'ã‚‹ãžãƒ¼ï¼ã¨æ€ã£ãŸãŒã€
天æ°-ãŒä¸€å'ã«å›žå¾©ã-ãªã„。
ランãƒã‚¿ã‚¤ãƒ ã®å–¶æ¥ã¯è«¦ã‚ãŸã€‚
よーã-ï¼å¤œã"ãã¯åº-é–‹ã'ã‚‹ãžãƒ¼ï¼ã¨æ°-æŒã¡ã‚'入れ替ãˆãŸãŒã€
強風域ã‚'出ãŸã«ã‚‚ã‹ã‹ã‚らãšã€é›¨é¢¨å¼·ã-。
大雨洪水è¦å ±ãŒå‡ºã•ã‚ŒãŸã€‚
Saturday morning.
I thought to myself: At last! Today we can open the store!, but
the weather didn’t improve at all.
I gave up on trying to open for lunch time.
Then I gave it another shot, thinking: Yes! We will open this evening!, but
even though the area was no longer considered a region with strong winds, there was still heavy rain and wind.
They were warning of heavy rain and flooding.
[…]I thought to myself: At last! Today we can open the store!, but
the weather didn’t improve at all.
I gave up on trying to open for lunch time.
Then I gave it another shot, thinking: Yes! We will open this evening!, but
even though the area was no longer considered a region with strong winds, there was still heavy rain and wind.
They were warning of heavy rain and flooding.
時é–"ã¯è¿«ã‚Šã€çµå±€å¤œã®å–¶æ¥ã‚‚諦ã‚ãŸã€‚
1å¹´ä¸ã§æœ€ã‚‚å¿™ã-ã„今週é‡'曜ã‹ã‚‰æµ·ã®æ-¥æœˆæ›œâ€¦ã ã£ãŸã®ã«ã€‚
Time was running out, so finally I gave up on opening the store in the evening as well.
Friday to Monday (Marine Day) of this week is normally the most busy of the year… in the past, anyway.
Friday to Monday (Marine Day) of this week is normally the most busy of the year… in the past, anyway.
今ã‚ã®å°é¢¨ã¯å››å›½ãƒ»è¿'ç•¿ã‚ãŸã‚Šï¼Ÿï¼Ÿ
ã‚ã„ã¤ã¯ã€ã»ã‚"ã¨ã«ã‚„ã°ã„ã§ã™ã€‚
And now the typhoon is going to hit Shikoku and Kinki?
This storm is really causing a mess.
The earthquake in Niigata was also the topic of
many blog entries. Blogger pangya-junkie reminds readers that there was another giant earthquake in Niigata prefecture just a few years
ago:This storm is really causing a mess.
ï¼'å¹´ã‹ï¼"å¹´ãらã„å‰ã«ã‚‚ã€æ–°æ½Ÿã§å¤§ãã„地震ã‚ã‚Šã¾ã-ãŸã‚ˆã。
ã"ã‚"ãªã«çŸã„å'¨æœŸã§ã‚‚ã£ã‹ã„地震ãŒã‚ã‚‹ã¨ã‹æœ€æ‚ªã ãªãã¨æ€ã†ã€‚
ã„ãら天ç½ã¨ã‚Žè¨€ã£ã¦ã‚‚ã。。。
About 2 or 3 years ago, there was also a big earthquake in Niigata.
Another earthquake in such a short time, I think it’s really the worst [thing that could happen].
However much people might say that it’s just an act of nature…
Another earthquake in such a short time, I think it’s really the worst [thing that could happen].
However much people might say that it’s just an act of nature…
今ã¾ã§ç"Ÿãã¦ãã¦ãã‚"ãªã«å¤§ãã„地震ã«å½"ãŸã£ãŸã"ã¨ãŒãªã„ã®ã§ã€
全然想åƒã¤ã‹ãªã„世界ãªã‚"ã ã'ã©ã€‚
In my entire life, I have never experienced such a big earthquake, so
it’s a world that I can’t imagine at all.
The 2004 Niigata earthquake was not the only one in that region, however. Blogger bonton
writes about the 1964 eartquake in that region:it’s a world that I can’t imagine at all.
1964年。ç§ã¯æ–°æ½Ÿåœ°éœ‡ã‚'経é¨"ã-ã¾ã-ãŸã€‚ã‚‚ã£ã¨ã‚‚ã€ç"Ÿã¾ã‚Œã¦é–"ã‚‚ãªã‹ã£ãŸã®ã§å½"時ã®è¨˜æ†¶ã¯ã‚ã‚Šã¾ã›ã‚"ãŒã€æ¯ãŒè¨€ã†ã«ã€ã©ã®åœ°éœ‡ã‚‚æã‚ã-ã‹ã£ãŸã'ã‚Œã©ã€æ–°æ½Ÿåœ°éœ‡ã€ä¸è¶Šåœ°éœ‡ã€ãã-ã¦ä»Šå›žã®ä¸è¶Šæ²–地震ã®ãªã‹ã§ã€ã€Œæ–°æ½Ÿåœ°éœ‡ãŒä¸€ç•ªæ€–ã‹ã£ãŸã€ã€‚ã¨è¨€ã£ã¦ã„ã¾ã™ã€‚ç"Ÿã¾ã‚Œã¦é–"ã‚‚ãªã„ç§ã¯ã€æ˜¼æ™‚ã€èšŠå¸³ã®ä¸ã§å¯ã¦ã„ãŸãã†ã§ã™ã€‚ãã®èšŠå¸³ãŒç§ã®å'½ã‚'æ•'ã£ã¦ãã‚ŒãŸã¨ã®äº‹ã€‚タンスã®ä¸Šã®æ®µãƒœãƒ¼ãƒ«ç®±ã‚„らè›å…‰ç¯ã®ã‹ã•ãŒç§ã‚ãŒã'ã¦è½ã¡ã¦ããŸã¨è¨€ã£ã¦ã„ã¾ã™ã€‚1;ã-ã‹ã£ãŸã'ã‚Œã©ã€æ–°æ½Ÿåœ°éœ‡ã€ä¸è¶Šåœ°éœ‡ã€ãã-ã¦ä»Šå›žã®ä¸è¶Šæ²–地震ã®ãªã‹ã§ã€ã€Œæ–°æ½Ÿåœ°éœ‡ãŒä¸€ç•ªæ€–ã‹ã£ãŸã€ã€‚ã¨è¨€ã£ã¦ã„ã¾ã™ã€‚ç"Ÿã¾ã‚Œã¦é–"ã‚‚ãªã„ç§ã¯ã€æ˜¼æ™‚ã€èšŠå¸³ã®ä¸ã§å¯ã¦ã„ãŸãã†ã§ã™ã€‚ãã®èšŠå¸³ãŒç§ã®å'½ã‚'æ•'ã£ã¦ãã‚ŒãŸã¨ã®äº‹ã€‚タンスã®ä¸Šã®æ®µãƒœãƒ¼ãƒ«ç®±ã‚„らè›å…‰ç¯ã®ã‹ã•ãŒç§ã‚ãŒã'ã¦è½ã¡ã¦ããŸã¨è¨€ã£ã¦ã„ã¾ã™ã€‚0;ã‚Œã¦é–"ã‚‚ãªã„ç§ã¯ã€æ˜¼æ™‚ã€èšŠå¸³ã®ä¸ã§å¯ã¦ã„ãŸãã†ã§ã™ã€‚ãã®èšŠå¸³ãŒç§ã®å'½ã‚'æ•'ã£ã¦ãã‚ŒãŸã¨ã®äº‹ã€‚タンスã®ä¸Šã®æ®µãƒœãƒ¼ãƒ«ç®±ã‚„らè›å…‰ç¯ã®ã‹ã•ãŒç§ã‚ãŒã'ã¦è½ã¡ã¦ããŸã¨è¨€ã£ã¦ã„ã¾ã™ã€‚7;è›å…‰ç¯ã®ã‹ã•ãŒç§ã‚ãŒã'ã¦è½ã¡ã¦ããŸã¨è¨€ã£ã¦ã„ã¾ã™ã€‚
In 1964, I experienced the Niigata earthquake. Although, this was just after I was born, so I don’t have any memories of that time. My mother says,
however, that while all earthquakes are scary, among all of them — the Niigata earthquake, the Chuetsu earthquake, and now this time, the earthquake off the coast of Chuetsu — she says
that: “the Niigata earthquake was the most scary.” Apparently I, who had just been born, was sleeping at lunch-time under a mosquito net. That mosquito net saved my life. She says that a
cardboard box on top of a cabinet and the shade of a fluorescent light fell right on me.
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It must be terrible for the people who suffered through Typhoon No. 4 last week, and for those who suffered through the earthquake in Niigata , but I think
it must have been an especially terrible blow to people working in the agriculture industry, the industry that I also work in. Crops that were cultivated with great care become, due to rain and wind,
impossible to harvest — this is something really awful [for people in the industry]. I have had the experience many times of the plastic around my greenhouse being ripped by rain and snow, but
the damage to my crops was not extensive. Even then, however, I hate just thinking about the fact that I will have to change the plastic and clean everything up. If there is flooding, the effects on
crops will be immeasurable. [Changes to] the condition of soil and the infection of crops have effects that last a very long time.
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Organic farming and reduced chemical agriculture, of course, rely on the gifts of nature, and I think the people [in these industries] are really struggling
bravely here in Japan where natural disasters are so frequent.
I will only say these few short words: please support these people struggling in the agriculture industry. These people work in Japan’s very important food production industry, so please give them your support.
The rice producers have perhaps lost a full year of earnings, but please everyone in the agriculture industry, all the farmers who harvest the gifts of nature, don’t give up!
I will only say these few short words: please support these people struggling in the agriculture industry. These people work in Japan’s very important food production industry, so please give them your support.
The rice producers have perhaps lost a full year of earnings, but please everyone in the agriculture industry, all the farmers who harvest the gifts of nature, don’t give up!
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