Topic Reading-Vol.354-4/1/2013

Dear MEL School’s Topic Readers,

Google Street View maps Fukushima nuclear ghost town.

Some of you might have seen Google’s street view of the places of your interest, or even your own house and neighborhood. They have not only maps but also images from all angles, and in some cases inside of a store or school.

 

(If you’re interested, you can see the inside of oru MEL School Mitaka.)

https://www.google.co.jp/maps?layer=c&z=17&sll=35.699511,139.56058099999998&cid=3107384633733548425&panoid=p1f_1WA9nTrlmTIuwqqZQg&cbp=13,73.03081031891382,,0,0&q=MEL+school+%E4%B8%89%E9%B7%B9&sa=X&ei=madXUYTlMcK4lQX_i4HgCg&ved=0COUCEKAfMB4

This time, their famous street view car went into the evacuation area in Namie, Fukushima where 22,000 of their residents have been forced to flee.

Read the article and see the photos of the still-empty once-peaceful rural town.

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/03/28/world/asia/japan-google/index.html?hpt=hp_c4