The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) announced yesterday that it has created web pages on earthquake early warning system in English.
I think it’s very important for you to read “Earthquake Early Warning Starting 1 October 2007(pdf)“ if you haven’t heard about this new warning system. The new system may only give you only three seconds for [...]
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Any diehard soccer fans reading this? A company in Mito recently introduced a wedding plan in Kashima City called…
“Kashima Soccer Stadium – Stadium Wedding“
This wedding plan isn’t just about the bride and groom holding their wedding ceremony in a soccer stadium because the bride and groom will also receive the soccer star treatment during their wedding! [...]
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These days electrical storms have been occurring so regularly around Tsukuba that you could almost set your watch by them. The lightning flashes begin just after dark and sometimes continue, with remarkable frequency, for hours. Though these nocturnal pyrotechnics can be beautiful to watch from your window, these storms are also quite SCARY (especially for children and dogs) and dangerous. A few years ago [...]
Though the vernal and autumnal equinoxes have been designated national holidays in Japan (it is around these days that it is customary to visit and clean the family graves), the winter and especially the summer solstices usually go by without any notice. Those with this year’s Japanese calender might notice the characters 夏至 (geshi, summer solstice) on the square marking [...]
Marcia Johnson from Binocular Vision contacted me to ask if I would publish an article about taking care of elderly parents from abroad. I felt that this was a topic that some TsukuBlog readers would be interested in, so here it is. If you have any questions about this topic, please contact Marcia [...]
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