Sick in Japan
Feeling sick in another country In different countries, first signs of sickness call for different methods and measures. In Japan, traditional practices are done by elders to heal sicknesses. The...
View ArticleThe Kawasaki Disease
The Strawberry Tongue The Kawasaki disease was named after its founder: Tomisaku Kawasaki, who is a Japanese pediatrician. It was diagnosed and was named in the year 1967, and was considered as a new...
View ArticleThe Drastic Abuse of Painkillers
Whatever happened to just using drugs for its actual prescription and not using it in order to get a certain high. I highly doubt that nowadays people buy over the counter drugs for the sake of...
View ArticleProblems with Japan’s Drug Abuse
Once a popular track played on the radio of Japan by the great singer and songwriter, Ryo Aska, lost in drug abuse we now find him living the lyrics of his song Kicks Street that debuted in 1998. Meth...
View ArticleDancing with Death
Let’s go to the club tonight! Let’s hit the streets tonight! Let’s party on the weekend! The latest club is opening tonight and I heard you could score it for free! Do you have some drop? I’ll give you...
View ArticleHealth Risks in Fukushima Were Underestimated
Greenpeace Protests Outside TEPCO meeting The Daichi nuclear power plant melt down last March 2011 due to a horrendous earthquake that has now left the Prefecture of Fukushima contaminated. The lives...
View ArticleGreenpeace Discovers Unacceptable Radiation Levels in Fukushima
Sendai Power Plant The Fukushima Prefecture has long been battling the contamination caused by the melt down of the Daichi power plant in March 2011. But what are the things that the government hasn’t...
View ArticlePerils of the Japanese Healthcare System
Healthcare for the elderly Japanese Healthcare in Japan is definitely envied around the world. The Japanese spend half as much as Americans do on healthcare but still live longer. The cheap and...
View ArticleThreats to Health of Japan
Image of heart disease The three leading causes of death in Japan is cancer, heart disease and stroke and this tends to be the focus of everyone in regards to health and sickness. It is important to be...
View ArticleFukushima Nuclear Disaster
Due to the disaster in Fukushima, Japan is currently facing a deficit in energy resources thus resulting to importing over 84% of the energy requirements needed to keep the entire nation running....
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