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Journalist and author Robert Whiting uses his latest book, Tokyo Junkie, to recall his life as an American living in Japan and the transformations he witnessed in the nation he has long called home. Whiting weaves Japanese history into the stories he tells of his own experiences. His writing recounts the city’s massive transformation from post-war devastation to a gleaming beacon of progress and hope, then later dramatic cultural shifts due to the economic bubble bursting, the 2011 tsunami, and the build-up to the delayed 2021 Olympics. The book is arranged chronologically, beginning with ...

“Basically, ‘Tokyo Junkie’ is a love story, starting with the giant construction site that was Tokyo in 1962,” explains Robert Whiting. A Tokyo-based journalist and author of the memoir “Tokyo Junkie,” Whiting originally grew up in a small logging and fishing town in Northern California, where his knowledge of Japan extended as far as badly-dubbed Godzilla films shown at his local movie theater. Coming to Tokyo as a young adult, “Tokyo Junkie” is a coming-of-age novel for both the city and Whiting himself. As we follow the evolution of Tokyo from its gritty underbelly in 1964 ...

Published: 6:00 AM January 16, 2021    The Bell Lane and Foxhall Road junction has been a problem area for accidents and road safety in Suffolk - Credit: Google Maps Long-running plans to introduce lower speed limits on an accident blackspot route near Ipswich have finally been agreed, and will be introduced before the end of the month. The stretch of Foxhall Road between the A12 roundabout and the beginning of the 30mph section near Bell Lane will be reduced from the national speed limit down to 50mph. The 30mph speed limit in Bell Lane, Kesgrave, will then be extended southwards for a fur...

lowered the instrument. this suggests nuclear fuel melted down and collected theatbottom of the vessel. it also measured 72.9 seiferts per hour. a person exposed to those levels would die within about seven minutes. the technicians also learned that the water used to cool the reactor is only 60 centimeters deep. they thought the level was about three meters. tepco officials suspect the suppression chamber theatbottom of the vessel may have been destroyed. r two nuclear expert says thuny reactor may slow down the work theatfukushima daiichi plant. tepco's next jop is to find out wheth...

cool it was about three meters deep. they found the depth was only about 60 centimeters. the video shows the endoscope being lowered about six meters into the containment vessel, and reaching the water's surface. floating matter thought to be peeled paint and rust can be seen floating on top. the operator says the substances are not melted nuclear fuel. the technicians could not verify or identify areas of damage in the vessel but they did detect levels of radiation mesh tours 72,900 millisieverts her per hour. any human exposed to this amount would die within seven minutes. this is ...