Professor Yukio Hayakawa of Gunma University has been revising his radiation contour map that he first made available in April. Now, he has a version of the map dated September 30 that indicates the routes and the timing of contamination, as you see below.
Professor Hayakawa says in the September 30 post that he specifically prohibits the use of the map by newspapers and television networks, as he protests the "unjust" firing of the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Hachiro, which many in Japan, including politicians and some people in the mass media, considered as a hit job by a pro-nuke faction to bring down Hachiro.
Click on the map for a bigger view, or go to this link for a cleaner map.
For PDF file of the map, go here.
Some Japanese seem to think Professor Hayakawa is controversial because he doesn't mince his words to appear "nice" to the "victims" in Fukushima Prefecture. He openly accuses Fukushima farmers for "producing the poisonous (radiation-contaminated) produce and spreading them all over Japan". He says they had a choice of not farming this year, but they did.
Some contrast to Hiroaki Koide of Kyoto University, who openly calls for the consumption of radiation-contaminated foods by adults in order to save the children and to save the farmers.
30-Day free trial by following the link.
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I understand Koide's viewpoint, but let adults poison themselves for the sake of their children and to "save" the farmers seems quite flawed. The farmers ought to be paid by government money, not citizen's health. The children, well, what more can be said?
PS: does Hayakawa allow the use of the maps by foreign media?
It's a work of art, and it helps settle some nagging questions about the weird east / west split in Tokyo. Thanks for the link!
"Some contrast to Hiroaki Koide of Kyoto University, who openly calls for the consumption of radiation-contaminated foods by adults in order to save the children and to save the farmers."
I'm sorry, but wasn't Prof. Takeda the one advocating that?
@anon at 5:47PM, I can tweet to Hayakawa and ask.
@anon at 6:10PM, no it's not Prof. Takeda. It's Koike. Takeda has been saying if you do everything to protect children, that will result in protecting everyone else. He has never, ever advocated that adults must consume contaminated foods.
thanks for the higher res versions.
Any chance someone could translate the main colored route tags on the map so we non-Japanese speakers have the dates that apply to the various routes?
Kashiwa incinerator stopped due to high ask radiation levels:
http://mainichi.jp/select/jiken/news/20111001k0000m040144000c.html
"ash" not "ask" - sorry
Here is an English link for the "Kashiwa incinerator stopped due to high ask radiation levels" story.
http://www.majiroxnews.com/2011/10/01/chiba-city-halts-waste-plant-following-radiation-contamination/
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