Had last week’s quake and tsunami happened in any other country, it would have definitely affected manifold in comparison to Japan. Keeping in mind the proactive approach, integration and readiness among Japanese, they have never knelt before any natural calamity earlier and have fought bravely against it.
Though electrical failures have been there and an undersea cable too was damaged, things are back to near to normal as far as internet connectivity is concerned within Japan and with outside world. Almost all nations have come out open-hearted to pump in as much effort and donations as possible to help Japan in such crisis. Most Countries, with their technological advancements, are joining in the task forces in Japan to get things back to normal at the earliest.
UK has sent a big team for search and rescue operations equipped with advanced handheld devices that work even if cellular coverage is not available in some areas. These devices will keep all team members in sync and connected throughout their operations. Amazon, on the other hand, has provided secured payment gateways labelling them as "Red Cross donation centres." Google also is offering similar kinds of services on their portal for collection of donations. Besides this, Google also has provided a database of people in Japan if anybody across the globe tries to search for them to discover their status.
Government has updated Google maps to pin-points exact locations of rescue and shelter centres. Similar kinds of mobile assistance is also being provided by different service providers to send free messages or making calls.
In my opinion, technology has advanced in recent years to an extent that the whole world has become too small and readily available in terms of communication. Compared to a similar kind of earthquake in Japan more than 15 years ago, there are many changes that are clearly visible. It was difficult to find out the whereabouts of near and dear ones at that time which now is readily available in electronic form and updated regularly. Previously, we only had manual lists. People easily can find out nearest spots for assistance with the help of mobile apps and the Internet in the current scenario.
Article first published as Technology Acts As a Boon In Japan’s Current Crisis on Technorati.
http://technorati.com/technology/gadgets/article/technology-acts-as-a-boon-in/
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Radiations Fear Nosedives Nikkei Drastically
Almost 15 percent fall in Japan’s stock market has been a result of three blasts in a row in their three nuclear plants. These blasts resulted after a deadly 8.9 scale earthquake that generated Tsunami killing thousands of people there. The biggest and highly influential stock market in Asia Pacific region; Nikkei 225 index; has fallen in between the fears of serious outcomes of nuclear radiations resulting from nuclear power plant blasts. Nikkei 225 index comprises of top 225 stocks of Japan.
This has not only created panic within Japan but across the globe markets have been influenced badly especially those in the Asian region. As soon as there was a news about detection of radiations in air samples taken from Tokyo, Japan; there was clearly visible panic among investors in Japan.
Already under the clouds of uncertainty, Japanese investors were seeking clarity from Government regarding extent of damage and its recovery plan; the news about radiations has exasperated their confidence level further resulting into continuous fall in the stock market.
Japan as a nation has a great history of facing such disasters and recovering fast from them. In my opinion the negative trend of stock market in Japan would not last long. Markets would certainly start recovering in next few days as soon as Government declare and execute their disaster recovery plan related to radiations, bringing back of life to normalcy, opening of shut manufacturing units etc. With this recovery, not only Nikkei, but other stock markets around the globe – viz South Korea’s Kospi, Taiwan’s Taiex, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng, Shanghai composite index, India’s Nifty and Sensex etc. will soon see an upward trend.
Article first published as Radiations Fear Nosedives Nikkei Drastically on Technorati.
http://technorati.com/business/finance/article/radiations-fear-nosedives-nikkei-drastically/
This has not only created panic within Japan but across the globe markets have been influenced badly especially those in the Asian region. As soon as there was a news about detection of radiations in air samples taken from Tokyo, Japan; there was clearly visible panic among investors in Japan.
Already under the clouds of uncertainty, Japanese investors were seeking clarity from Government regarding extent of damage and its recovery plan; the news about radiations has exasperated their confidence level further resulting into continuous fall in the stock market.
Japan as a nation has a great history of facing such disasters and recovering fast from them. In my opinion the negative trend of stock market in Japan would not last long. Markets would certainly start recovering in next few days as soon as Government declare and execute their disaster recovery plan related to radiations, bringing back of life to normalcy, opening of shut manufacturing units etc. With this recovery, not only Nikkei, but other stock markets around the globe – viz South Korea’s Kospi, Taiwan’s Taiex, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng, Shanghai composite index, India’s Nifty and Sensex etc. will soon see an upward trend.
Article first published as Radiations Fear Nosedives Nikkei Drastically on Technorati.
http://technorati.com/business/finance/article/radiations-fear-nosedives-nikkei-drastically/
Friday, March 11, 2011
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