Which Way, L.A.?
Southland's Japanese Community Reacts to Events in Japan
The toll of the dead and injured in Japan since Friday's earthquake and tsunami is more than 10,000 and still rising. An estimated quarter-million Japanese-Americans live in the southland, along with more than 100,000 Japanese nationals. We hear what they're going through and what they're doing to help those back in Japan.
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readThe toll of the dead and injured in Japan since Friday's earthquake and tsunami is more than 10,000 and still rising. An estimated quarter-million Japanese-Americans live in the southland, along with more than 100,000 Japanese nationals. We hear what they're going through and what they're doing to help those back in Japan.
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Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster
Christian Bordal
Managing Producer, Greater LA
Sonya Geis
Senior Managing Editor
Katie Cooper
Producer, 'One year Later'
Toshio Handa
Japanese Chamber of Commerce of Southern California
Douglas Erber
Japan America Society of Southern California
Akemi Kikumura Yano
Japanese American National Museum
The full episode
3 of 4Radiation Plumes and Earthquake Preparedness- 0:00Which Way Is the Radioactive Wind Blowing?
- 5:14Earthquakes on the Pacific Rim: Are We Next?
- 16:50Southland's Japanese Community Reacts to Events in JapanYou’re reading this
- 26:12Japan's Ongoing Disaster and the Future of Nuclear Power