3/21/2011 UPDATE: Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology-Japan (that’s a mouthful) has published environmental radioactivity levels by prefecture (updated twice a day): HERE.

• Wind Patterns in Fukushima Area (Japan Meteorological Agency)
• Unofficial Geiger counter readings for TOKYO by a radiation researcher in Hino, Tokyo - FAQs in English
• UStream LIVE stream of Geiger counter reading (unofficial) in Minato-ku, Minami Aoyama, Tokyo
• UStream LIVE stream of Geiger counter reading (unofficial) in Ota-ku, Tokyo
• UStream LIVE stream of Geiger counter reading (unofficial) in Koto-ku, Tokyo
• Kanagawa Prefecture Environmental Radiation Monitoring System
• Shizuoka Prefectural Environmental Radiation Monitoring Center
• Ibaraki Prefecture Radiation Monitoring System
• Gunma Prefectural Monitoring System
• Niigata Prefectural Radiation Monitoring System
• Sapporo, Hokkaido Geiger Counter readings, see also the Hokkaido Prefectural Monitoring Pages
• Overview of Japan radiation monitoring
• Japan – Ministry of Education, Division of Nuclear Safety & Nuclear Disaster Network Environment – Real-time radiation information

• Various nuclear monitoring posts in Japan
• Conversion information and context – 1 Gy/h = 0.8Sv/h

Other Resources:

• Google Crisis Response

Current Earthquake Status

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In a short break from my studies, I thought I’d whip up a small program using Apple’s Dashcode developers’ tool. It’s probably got more features, but I don’t have the time to figure it all out. For my own use, I created a Japanese Kanji stroke order lookup. You need the New Japanese-English Code (Halpern).

http://web.me.com/ianshen/iApps/kanji/index.html