Pig Influenza and the Japanese media

[ Sekai : July 2009 / Tatsuhito Tonooka / unlicensed and abridged translation/summary ]
Initial alerts by WHO were ambiguous : a level 3 alert was called at first, but this is supposed to indicate the spread of a disease among animal populations with insufficient evidence to suggest human-human contagion; perhaps the WHO were afraid of [...]

Atomic Radiation Sickness suit – Tokyo High Court Judgement

The Government moves to abandon appeal
[ report in Asahi Shinbun 9th June 2009 3:01am ]
On 8th June the government began deliberations on the withdrawal of its appeal against a recent ruling by the Tokyo High Court in which 9 out 10 people until now denied legal recognition of atomic radiation sickness were recognized as entitled [...]

Compensation for Atomic Bomb victims

In the continuing review of the government policy relating to the acknowledgement of and compensation for the effects of radiation-related illness (from Hiroshima and Nagasaki), the “LDP Atomic Bomb Victims’ Policy-related Project Team” petitioned the Labour, Health and Welfare Ministry on 15th March and received its agreement that the new assessment (of victims) policy [...]

Pfizer Japan No Smoking Stand

Pfizer Japan has requested all employees to refrain from smoking, not just in company offices and property, but even in their own homes. The company is offering to make contributions to any medical expenses that employees may incur in their effort to give up smoking. Behind this decision stands Pfizer Japan’s plan to release, within [...]