I am deeply worried about Japan, because a lot of friends are living there. Even one my student is still staying there for a collaborative project till the 21st of March.
The feeling of being heartbroken and sympathetic with all the people in Japan, known or unknown, is very strong, not only because of the big shake, also due to the lasting release of radiative gases from the crippled nuclear power plant. All the efforts to control them are seemingly working, but very slowly, and so, a lot of things are still unpredictable, and may occur out of control in the upcoming couple of hours or even minutes.
For my last trip to Japan, we landed there in the end of Feb and stayed in a high-energy research institute relating to nuclear energy in Tsukuba till the 5th of march. Luckily, nothing happened in that small, beautiful and peaceful science town. However, after the 11st, a portion of the places were also ruined in the shake.
Here are the photos for the places where I had stayed till the 5th of March, now, it takes more than half a year for recovering to a normal status to house both national and international visitors for R&D of high-energy technology. What a pity!
All the best wishes, stay calm and strong.
The corridor we have worked very often thru to the beamline spot, now damaged.
![](http://pfwww.kek.jp/whats_new/pfhall1.jpg)
![](http://pfwww.kek.jp/whats_new/pfhall2.jpg)
The feeling of being heartbroken and sympathetic with all the people in Japan, known or unknown, is very strong, not only because of the big shake, also due to the lasting release of radiative gases from the crippled nuclear power plant. All the efforts to control them are seemingly working, but very slowly, and so, a lot of things are still unpredictable, and may occur out of control in the upcoming couple of hours or even minutes.
For my last trip to Japan, we landed there in the end of Feb and stayed in a high-energy research institute relating to nuclear energy in Tsukuba till the 5th of march. Luckily, nothing happened in that small, beautiful and peaceful science town. However, after the 11st, a portion of the places were also ruined in the shake.
Here are the photos for the places where I had stayed till the 5th of March, now, it takes more than half a year for recovering to a normal status to house both national and international visitors for R&D of high-energy technology. What a pity!
All the best wishes, stay calm and strong.
The corridor we have worked very often thru to the beamline spot, now damaged.
![](http://pfwww.kek.jp/whats_new/pfhall1.jpg)
![](http://pfwww.kek.jp/whats_new/pfhall2.jpg)