BBC ... Inside Meltdown.

Today, marks the one year from the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. http://www.onlineschools.org/japan-one-year-later/

Thank you for your thoughts, prayers and support.

We have been looking at Japan for Tsunami Relief, but there are more disasters around the world. The restaurant I went for lunch today reminded us of the flooding in Thailand. They were doing the fund raiser, so we contributed a little. The restaurant we went to today was Bai Tong in Redmond. http://www.yelp.com/biz/ba...

Mayumi left Kesennuma and now is at Minami Sanriku where entire city was consumed by Tsunami. The building you see in the picture above became famous. You can find out why by watching the video below.

I am back in Seattle today. What I learned in Tokyo is interesting. People do not trust Japanese government or TEPCO (Electric Company) to tell then the truth about nuclear disaster. So they are looking at two things. The Emperor and American Embassy in Tokyo. If those two move out of Tokyo, they think it is time for them...

The Grand Prince Hotel in Akasaka (pictured) closed at the end of March this year and is scheduled for demolition this summer. But until then, it is converted as a shelter for people evacuated from the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear power plants. I used to stay at this hotel and it is sad to hear that it will be demoed. But...

Only few people hanging on the pole survived the tsunami in Japan. What you are looking at is the radio antenna standing on the top of the roof of the 3 story building. It looks like a middle of the ocean. http://news020.blog13.fc2.com/blog-entry-1420.html

We have modified http://www.messages4japan.com/ to enable people in Japan to write a message back to the world.

When ms Volendam visited Kobe, Japan on May 2, Holland America Line made a generous contribution of $25,000 to the Japanese Red Cross to help with Jap...