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Japan Railway (JR-EAST) donates used trains to PNR

Posted Wed, 08/31/2011 - 22:57 by admin

MANILA, Philippines — Trains from Japan are expected to start coming in next week to augment the Philippine National Railway’s (PNR) present fleet of railway cars running in Luzon, the PNR announced Wednesday.

Wartime rape victims seek redress

Posted Thu, 08/11/2011 - 22:12 by admin

MANILA — A group of elderly women who claim to have been raped by Japanese soldiers in the Philippines during World War II reiterated Wednesday their demand for justice.

Distribution of drinking water (PET bottles) for households with infants

Posted Fri, 03/25/2011 - 12:56 by admin

March 23, 2011
Bureau of Social Welfare and Public Health
Bureau of Waterworks
Bureau of Industrial and Labor Affairs

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Radioactive iodine in Tokyo tap water doubles the limit for infants

Posted Wed, 03/23/2011 - 16:07 by admin

The Tokyo metropolitan government announced on Mar. 23 that amounts of radioactive Iodine 131 of about twice the standard limit for infants were detected at the Kanamachi water purification plant located in Katushika Tokyo.

Tokyo Radiation Level Watch

Posted Mon, 03/21/2011 - 22:32 by admin

Due to concerns about radiation in Tokyo from a number of our readers, Firipin.net will publish hourly radiation level measurements provided by government and other organizations.

Environmental Radiation Measurement Result

Data Source: Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Monitoring Place: Hyakunincho, Shinjuku-ku Tokyo
Unit: μGy/h (Microgray/hour)
Gray unit represents the amount of enery deposited when a substance is exposed to radiation. 1 gray radiation in the atmosphere is equivalent to 1 sievert.

Take note that the levels in the Daiichi Nuclear Power plant before the earthquake ranged from 0.028 to 0.079 microsievert per hour.