Japan Earthquake - Ustream coverage
Japanese broadcaster, NHK, has turned to Ustream to further spread it's live coverage of the aftermath of the recent earthquake off the coast of Sendai. I managed to catch the Japanese Prime Minister, Naoto Kan, talking to the nation just now on this channel.Watch the live video feed on uStream (in Japanese) or the embed below:
The fiercely independent journalist, Iwakami Yasumi (Twitter: @iwakamiyasumi), is also in the area finding out more about the repercussions of the explosion at Fukushima 1 nuclear plant. Watch his ustream channel below:
Google has set up a crisis response website linking to all kinds of useful information and promoting it's "person finder" service by spreading the widget below. Notice the choice of languages: Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese.
Google is also offering maps of safe shelters around different cities in Japan. This one is for Tokyo:
より大きな地図で 東京都内避難場所 を表示
An alternative version of the news coverage is also available on Global Voices.
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