Word: mizushima
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...television viewers and newspaper readers around the world to the U.S. presidential contest than ever before. Britain and Canada dispatched large contingents from 15 print and broadcasting organizations each, but the Japanese outdid them in New Orleans with six networks and twelve newspapers. "It shows one thing," said Toshio Mizushima, a correspondent for the Tokyo-based daily Yomiuri Shimbun, "that the Japanese viewers and readers are very eager to know what is really going on in this election." So are the Europeans. The C-SPAN network's video verite coverage of the podium in Atlanta was beamed by satellite...
...leading environmentalist, goes further: if Chisso gets the loan, he says, a wrong precedent would be set. He fears that the government may be asked for low-interest loans by other polluters-Mitsubishi Oil Co., for example, which was responsible for a serious oil spill at the Mizushima industrial complex (TIME...
...Japan's oil troubles, a huge storage tank ruptured last month at the Mizushima industrial complex in the city of Kurashiki. About 50,000 bbl. of oil poured into the Inland Sea-a national park area as beloved as Mount Fuji-and tarred 100 miles of scenic coastline. Beyond the aesthetic damage, which has caused a national outcry, the spill has wreaked havoc with the local fishing and edible seaweed industries; losses are estimated at $40 million...
Japan is now trying to build up large oil reserves for use if Middle Eastern supplies are again cut. That means building more storage tanks, a project that encountered increasing opposition since the Mizushima oil shokku. As the influential daily Mainichi Shimbun editorialized: "The myth that storage tanks spell no pollution has now collapsed...