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@YokosoNews
@YokosoNews
How a web TV show became a vital source of English-language information on the Japanese earthquake and tsunami disaster.-
In the aftermath of Japan's March 11 earthquake and tsunami, a small Japanese web TV show, YokosoNews, gained much attention for providing real-time updates on the disaster.
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The work of YokosoNews and its host Katz Ueno was suggested to The Stream via Facebook from Tracy Collins, who writes:
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After the Japanese earthquake and tsunami, lots on non-Japanese people wanted news in English. I discovered Yokoso News' stream on UStream. This was citizen journalism with Katz, Ema, 'Ninja Paul' and Sara bringing news and information to the world.
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Normally Katz-san does a show on Japanaese culture: http://yokosonews.com/ but his sense of duty and service makes him a citizen journalism hero.
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Gil Asakawa writes on the Nikkei View blog:
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His dogged determination to translate every news development from Japanese to English in real-time on his site’s video livestream has been absolutely heroic. He originally was on the air for 18 hours straight, then took a couple of hours off to sleep, and has been on mostly nonstop since.
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The broadcasts - which included hours of Ueno scouring the Internet for news updates and responding to tweets sent to @YokosoNews - won much praise from the blogosphere as critics were disappointed by the mainstream media coverage of the event.
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Within 6 to 12 hours of the Touhoku earthquake, I began to recognize the essential failure of American news coverage of the event. CNN, probably regarded as America’s most reliable (or least failing?) national, 24/7 news channel, was repeating the same few clips from NHK with little to no new information. They talked to an American tourist in Japan via telephone, but that was about the extent of their original Japanese coverage besides the fact that an earthquake happened.
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YokosoNews continues to offer live weekly broadcasts devoted to updates on the Tohoku Kanto Earthquake and Fukushima Daichi Nuclear Power Plant.
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The daily update of Earthquake and Tsunami disaster on Thu, April 21, 2011 (JST) http://ykso.us/gzIpPr
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In his most recent emergency update, Ueno discusses post-traumatic stress disorder amongst disaster victims and relief workers, plus a new report from the National Cancer Institute of Japan on cancer risk and radiation exposure.
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YokosoNews @ USTREAM: YokosoNews is an online social media about travel, lifestyle, study and entertainment in Japan.
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YokosoNews has also returned to their original pre-earthquake programming, covering such topics as pets in Japan, cherry blossom viewing, electric shamisen music and other aspects of Japanese culture.
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The live electric shamisen show starts in 3 hours at 1pm (JST) http://ykso.us/ham7sP followed by weekly emergency update at 8pm!
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Here is a YouTube clip of Ueno during a March 20 broadcast talking about reports of radiation in milk, spinach and tap water. You can see him simultaneously translating NHK television news reports, including a story about an 80-year-old grandma and her grandson found alive nine days after the disaster.
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HDavailable in full screen: 80 year old grandma and grandson found alive after 9 day. Over 8,000 confirmed dead; 10,000 plus missing. Government says food radiated but not harmful.LIVE STREAM HERE:HOST Katz(@YokosoNews) http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/13446431 http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nhk-world-tv
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