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Posted in: Filipino woman admits to killing sister, Japanese niece See in context

The whole thing may have been hatched by the husband.

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Posted in: Japan completes 4th round of Fukushima treated water discharge See in context

1glenn

Mar. 17 10:53 pm JST

No one, including yours truly, wants a radioactive ocean. However, if the government is telling the truth, this water is not radioactive. We should use facts and logic, not fear alone, to make our decisions.

So do you believe the govt is telling the truth?

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Posted in: Japan completes 4th round of Fukushima treated water discharge See in context

/dev/random

Mar. 17 08:54 pm JST

Yup I'll take your word for it

> You don't have to. In fact, I encourage you not to. All the reports and especially the individual analyses are public: https://pastefy.app/rfrT9QND/raw

So post here the summary of the data that support what you claim

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Posted in: Japan completes 4th round of Fukushima treated water discharge See in context

And of course tepco did away with the final measurement check before discharge of the wastewater. They removed the final verification step and changed the much heralded iaea approved plan. 

The final check was supposed to verify if the end result of the plan passes international safety standards?

No need to worry about that. tepco doesn't claim it passes international standards anymore, it now says the radioactive wastewater discharge "meet radioactivity levels within the standards set by the central government and Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.,"

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Posted in: Filipino woman admits to killing sister, Japanese niece See in context

Horrifying. Did they actually think they could get away with it under those circumstances?

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Posted in: Japan completes 4th round of Fukushima treated water discharge See in context

/dev/random

Today 08:22 pm JST

Talking about tritium as usual as though it's the only radionuclide substance in the wastewater.

> Because, to all intents and purposes, it is. Noone, including TEPCO and JAEA, denies the existence of other radionuclides in the waste water. They are measured in great detail, the measurements are stated in great detail in their reports, and all of them are below regulatory limits. Yes, that includes carbon-14

Yup I'll take your word for it

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Posted in: Japan completes 4th round of Fukushima treated water discharge See in context

Talking about tritium as usual as though it's the only radionuclide substance in the wastewater. Seems it's also the issue with Greenpeace have tepco and the govt addressed it yet?

Is tritium a distraction tactic? 

The environmental group Greenpeace has accused the Japanese government and TEPCO of distracting attention from the radiation levels in the water by focusing on tritium — other radionuclides will remain in the water even after it's been filtered.

"The Japanese government has done a very good job of focusing the attention of the media and the domestic audience on the tritium in the water and claiming that it poses no danger to the environment," said Shaun Burnie, senior nuclear specialist for Greenpeace.

"The contaminated water contains many radionuclides, which we know impact the environment and human health — including strontium-90," said Burnie.

Bernie told DW that leaked internal TEPCO documents show evidence that many radioactive elements, such as iodine, ruthenium, rhodium, antimony, tellurium, cobalt and strontium, will not be filtered to an undetectable level.

In addition, said Greenpeace, the ALPS is not designed to filter out the radioactive element carbon-14. 

https://www.dw.com/en/fukushima-nuclear-water-release-how-safe-is-it/a-66608666

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Posted in: Ito left out of Japan soccer squad for World Cup qualifier amid sexual assault claim See in context

This is very disappointing for this young man. I hope he wins his court battles and returns to the field for the Blue Samurai.

Well I hope the truth comes out of the court battles if there would be.

But I agree what's happening now is disappointing

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Posted in: Nissan, Honda to explore partnership in electric vehicles See in context

Something wrong with the citations above one is dated 2021 the other 2024

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Posted in: Nissan, Honda to explore partnership in electric vehicles See in context

Toyota specifically seems to hit the jackpot

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Posted in: Nissan, Honda to explore partnership in electric vehicles See in context

Comparing sales for 2022 and 2023 for hybrids and evs would be a good place to start

Maybe limit also at first to Japan and US sales.

Not absolutely sure but recent news seem to be about shifting consumer interest (based on sales) from pure evs to hybrid

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Posted in: Biden opposes plan to sell U.S. Steel to Nippon Steel, citing need for 'American steel workers' See in context

So did Biden s backing help us steel? Would help a lot if it raised investor confidence

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Posted in: U.S. ambassador says Beijing stance on TikTok ban 'supremely ironic' See in context

The China govt doesn't allow TikTok in China?

They're missing out on a great tool to spy on their people then, seems ironic indeed

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Posted in: Japan to provide IAEA $20 mil to support its activities See in context

seriously, situation seems to be getting really serious

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Posted in: Japan to provide IAEA $20 mil to support its activities See in context

The water, processed to remove most radionuclides except tritium, is diluted with seawater to one-40th of the concentration permitted under Japanese safety standards before being released via an underwater tunnel 1 kilometer off the power plant

I suggest they try to get back to using "global safety standards"they used in uly

In July 2023, the IAEA submitted a report to Japan, concluding that the water release aligns with global safety standards and that the discharge would have a "negligible radiological impact on people and the environment."

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Posted in: Japan to provide IAEA $20 mil to support its activities See in context

Recalling his meeting with local authorities and fishermen on Wednesday, the IAEA chief told a press conference in Tokyo that he perceived "satisfaction" regarding data indicating "no harmful effects on the environment" so far.

Hahahahha

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Posted in: Biden opposes plan to sell U.S. Steel to Nippon Steel, citing need for 'American steel workers' See in context

Why didn't he say it before? Did he just change his mind?

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Posted in: A blood test for colon cancer performed well in a study, expanding options for screening See in context

Cancer is a very painful way to die.

Before that a very painful way to live

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Posted in: A blood test for colon cancer performed well in a study, expanding options for screening See in context

While the blood test caught 83% of the cancers found by colonoscopy, it missed 17%. That's on par with stool-based tests.

A difficult choice

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Posted in: North Korean leader Kim 'drives' new tank during mock battle See in context

They had to make a new model that would fit him?

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Posted in: Japanese high court rules same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional See in context

The government argues that the Constitution presumes marriages are only between heterosexual couples.

Is this an error by the govt or the writer of this article?

The govt argument should be that the constitution presumes marriage to be only between opposite sex couples not only between heterosexual couples

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Posted in: Japanese high court rules same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional See in context

WoodyLee

Today 04:49 pm JST

How about keeping the entire justice system out of Marriage for a change!!!?

> People should be free to live and partner with who ever they wish to be with without a damn certificate or permission from anyone as long as the are healthy and in agreement.

No problems in that case.

But plaintiffs in this case want that certificate

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Posted in: U.N. atomic agency chief reassures residents treated wastewater discharged from Fukushima nuclear plant is safe See in context

Daniel Neagari

Today 04:53 pm JST

Water with residual tritium?

> Are you being transparent saying that?

> Well, yes. I haven't specified any amount of Tritium in drinkng water... and Tritium is a natural ocurring isotope

> ... So yes i am being clear "transparent"

> https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3057633/

I just want to be clear you're saying that's the only rafionuclide present in the discharged wastewater, or at least that you know of.

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Posted in: U.N. atomic agency chief reassures residents treated wastewater discharged from Fukushima nuclear plant is safe See in context

And now they asked grossi to come back to give reassurances again but in this article all he's done so far basically is look at tepco staff diluting and discharging the wastewater

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Posted in: U.N. atomic agency chief reassures residents treated wastewater discharged from Fukushima nuclear plant is safe See in context

Only obvious reason for foregoing that final check is they don't want to disclose the results or the expected results of that final check

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Posted in: U.N. atomic agency chief reassures residents treated wastewater discharged from Fukushima nuclear plant is safe See in context

As for the original iaea approved plan same article cited says

From this round on, the operator will forgo the step of temporarily storing the treated water in a large tank to check the tritium level before release. It will check the level as the water flows through pipes, as it did in the past three rounds.

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Posted in: U.N. atomic agency chief reassures residents treated wastewater discharged from Fukushima nuclear plant is safe See in context

Grossi last visited the plant in July after issuing an IAEA review predicting only negligible impact from the discharges. An IAEA comprehensive report later concluded that the discharges meet international safety standards.

Maybe in past discharges they claimed that it meets international standards. But for the 4th release

They merely said:

As in the previous rounds, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. will discharge 7,800 tons of treated water over about 17 days, having confirmed that the radioactivity level of the latest batch of water meets the standards set by the government and the utility.

https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2024/02/7b89da33fd65-4th-release-of-fukushima-treated-radioactive-water-begins.html#:~:text=The%20operator%20of%20the%20crippled,the%20fiscal%20year%20ending%20March.

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Posted in: U.N. atomic agency chief reassures residents treated wastewater discharged from Fukushima nuclear plant is safe See in context

Grossi last visited the plant in July after issuing an IAEA review predicting only negligible impact from the discharges. An IAEA comprehensive report later concluded that the discharges meet international safety standards.

I think first time I've seen predict used regarding impact of the discharges.

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Posted in: U.N. atomic agency chief reassures residents treated wastewater discharged from Fukushima nuclear plant is safe See in context

Daniel Neagari

Today 02:21 pm JST

The need to wear mask and protective gear in an area were hazzarous material is being handeled does not necesary mean that the resulting product (in this specific case, water with residual Tritium) is harmful.

Water with residual tritium?

Are you being transparent saying that?

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Posted in: Kishida questioned over scantily clad dancers at LDP party See in context

This probably only happens in Japan, politicians resigning over relatively petty things like that

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