My daughter passed away at Swedish Hospital in January 25, 2011. She was in the hospital since November 14, 2010. I just happen to see a bill for 1/1 to 1/25/2011 because we switch insurance on 1/1/2011. She was in the hospital for her seizure but died from other reasons.The bill is over $950,000 fo...

Yes, there are graffitis in Japan as well. Japanese likes to imitate US ... I guess.

Mayumi Nakamura was elected to be a Treasurer of Seattle Executives Association starting June 1, 2011. Congratulations!

This sign at Shinagawa station is telling people, TEPCO (Tokyo Electric Co.) is operating at 74% capacity. Today was not hot at all, so it will be difficult when hot summer comes to Tokyo.

I found those in front of very busy railroad station (Shinagawa).Can you guess what those are?The answer is in the comment.

The building you see with the golden "whatever it is" is one of the many landmarks in Tokyo. It is a part of Asahi Beer Company ... or is it?

http://en.bloguru.com/ken/106162/saving-energyYou can see the Shinjyuku building lights on March 30, 2011. The picture above is tonight. You can see there are more lights on those buildings but not as bright as 2009.It started rain tonight ... It is just a little rain, but everybody has an umbrella....

I received this email from the Newport High School. This school is not too far away from my house and the school is where my daughter used to attend. This is disturbing, I hope police catch the people responsible.

Tokyo Electric Company (TEPCO) stopped pouring sea water into a reactor for 50 minuets because of the order from the prime minister. The prime minister asked TEPCO to stop pouring based on the advise from the nuclear agency. The nuclear agency denied advising the prime minister. The advisor said "th...

The broadcasting in Japan now is focusing on the monetary damages. They are mainly talking about Tokyo Electric (TEPCO) and how much it will have to spend to compensate.Now they are talking about as much as 15,000,000,000,000 yen ($18 Billion Dollars) that TEPCO may need. It is very close to what BP...