Fukushima is not on par with Chernobyl. Two completely different types of accidents. Chernobyl exploded, tossing radioactive material into the air which fell on a wide area of land. Fukushima did not explode. Fukushima was a radiation leak, open air and water came into contact with radiation which propagated outwards. Critically, all the radioactive material itself stayed inside the plant and was able to be contained. It's a difference in magnitude between feeling heat when standing beside a fire and setting the entire countryside ablaze. Fukushima was bad, no doubt. But it wasn't anywhere near Chernobyl levels of bad. Fukushima can be cleaned up and mostly has. To mix metaphors. In the grand scheme of things Fukushima is a surface abrasion, we can clean up the area, remove any specs of rock or dirt, bandage it, and it'll heal inside a few decades. Chernobyl is a full puncture. It's an open wound, we can change the dressing every few hundred years but it's going to take thousands for it to heal. People keep saying Fukushima is the second worst nuclear disaster in history... which is debatable considering we've dropped a few reactors into the bottom of the Atlantic. Out of sight, out of mind. But even if it is, the graph plotting levels of bad would need to be logarithmic to show the difference in just how bad Chernobyl is compared to Fukushima.
One point: Fukushima could’ve been much worse. This is not a made up thing - Naoto Kan notes that a spent fuel pool in the fourth plant *almost evaporated entirely*. If that did happen - a radius of 250 km would have to be evacuated, along with most of Tokyo and it’s suburbs. Fukushima was not one of the worst disasters, it was still arguably, lucky
Also the areas around the power plant have also become less radioactive as time passes when compared to Chernobyl. Some ppl are now returning there as well
Kind of weird to go from watching your video on using other people's content "Why All Educational Videos Are the Same" and then finding my unsourced footage in this video. From 2:07 and then from 2:19 you'll see footage from my "What a Typical Tokyo Neighbourhood is Like" video ruclips.net/video/TheOkz8oF_I/видео.html. I'll give the benefit of the doubt and assume the team originally had me sourced and it got lost in the script edit. If you're anything like me with scripts, it'll go through multiple revisions and sometimes I'll cut and paste parts and my linked sources get separated. I honestly don't mind using some of my footage to help illustrate a point. When I do this I generally put up hardcoded text over the footage showing where I sourced the footage from (although when it's a reference to a TV show or movie I don't). In the future, if you want some footage of Japan, please reach out. By the way, I know someone in the comments mentioned this, but the Tokyo metropolitan area (Greater Tokyo) at 1:56 is inaccurate. That's showing Tokyo Metropolis, which is only 13 million people. The 23 wards, which you had as 14 million is more like 9 million. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_Tokyo_Area All the best! - Greg
Hi Greg, Thank you for bringing this to light. I've just gone back through our script and notes for this video and we do indeed have your video referenced and have used this clips as you have pointed out without highlighted your original video in the description or ingrained in the video itself. As we mentioned in our "Why All Educational Videos Are the Same" video we are still working out how we presented our sources early on this video is clearly a case of us falling bellow the mark and loosing track through the post production stage.I still feel there is no excuse here and again thank you for highlighting this because it helps us to we will continue to be on top of how we correctly source content that's been used. We have now included a link in our description to your original video. On a side not, I'm also actually traveling to Japan next month to film an upcoming video so perhaps I could even hit you up for any recommendations you might have. Thanks, Andy
@@Faultlinevideos Thanks for the prompt reply and fix Andy! Yes, please do feel free to hit me up regarding your trip to Japan. I'll send you a message on Twitter.
1:57 That is not the Tokyo Metropolitan area, the shaded are is made up of mountainous forests The metropolitan area expends south into Kawasaki and Yokohama and North into Saitama and Chiba slightly
Interesting take from the geographic perspective. Although I think a more common take is the Plaza Accord broke the rapid growth of the economy, and the overly stabilized social-economic structure (ties between big companies and the government) makes Japan lost its vigor.
Although interesting I think that Japan is 'formed' by its Geography, which is true of many countries, not sure about 'trapped'. I dont think that argument is strong.
This was a phenomenal video! Just one small critique.. I'm sorry, it's a pet peeve of mine, but please oh please try to pronounce the word nuclear correctly... It's not nuke-u-lar, it's nuke-lee-ar. Nuclear. Sorry for being nitpicky, but you just said it so many times during the latter half of this video, and I thought I was going crazy but I googled it and it's not like aluminum/aluminium on different sides of the pond. There's just no second U in the word nuclear in the English language. I know this is silly, but it just really irks me. Overall, great video tho!!
The idea that a modern economy can be self sufficient is a bit of a stretch. Even larger countries don't have access to all the rare earth minerals they would need to become self sufficient in addition to oil and gas, etc.
Mt Fiji? Mt FIJI?? Come on dude. If you are going to take all this time to put together a video, you can at least get the name of one of the worlds most iconic volcanoes right.
so in 1868 we had a American act like a BRIT , but East India trading company did not get the BOOTY? Q:why did the sun never set on the british empire??? India A: because GOD did not trust them at night..
Japan is isolated from continental Asia, has fertile arable land due to mineral rich deposits from volcanoes, and receives a significant amount of rainfall, allowing for the growth of the most developed nation in Asia away, from the conflicts in continental Asia. It's a blessing, not a curse. Most Asian countries suffer due to external conflicts and internal stability, and Japan has been the most stable Asian country since the end of the Second World War. Korea remains a divided land, China has fatal external conflicts and internal conflicts, and most of South-east Asia are plagued with political instability. Japan's isolation works to its benefit, and Japan is geopolitically forward facing to the Pacific Ocean towards the USA.
Really enjoyed writing this one! For more info on Battleship Island, I definitely recommend Abroad in Japan's exploration of it!
Fukushima is not on par with Chernobyl. Two completely different types of accidents. Chernobyl exploded, tossing radioactive material into the air which fell on a wide area of land. Fukushima did not explode. Fukushima was a radiation leak, open air and water came into contact with radiation which propagated outwards. Critically, all the radioactive material itself stayed inside the plant and was able to be contained. It's a difference in magnitude between feeling heat when standing beside a fire and setting the entire countryside ablaze. Fukushima was bad, no doubt. But it wasn't anywhere near Chernobyl levels of bad. Fukushima can be cleaned up and mostly has. To mix metaphors. In the grand scheme of things Fukushima is a surface abrasion, we can clean up the area, remove any specs of rock or dirt, bandage it, and it'll heal inside a few decades. Chernobyl is a full puncture. It's an open wound, we can change the dressing every few hundred years but it's going to take thousands for it to heal. People keep saying Fukushima is the second worst nuclear disaster in history... which is debatable considering we've dropped a few reactors into the bottom of the Atlantic. Out of sight, out of mind. But even if it is, the graph plotting levels of bad would need to be logarithmic to show the difference in just how bad Chernobyl is compared to Fukushima.
One point: Fukushima could’ve been much worse.
This is not a made up thing - Naoto Kan notes that a spent fuel pool in the fourth plant *almost evaporated entirely*.
If that did happen - a radius of 250 km would have to be evacuated, along with most of Tokyo and it’s suburbs.
Fukushima was not one of the worst disasters, it was still arguably, lucky
Also the areas around the power plant have also become less radioactive as time passes when compared to Chernobyl. Some ppl are now returning there as well
Thanks
Kind of weird to go from watching your video on using other people's content "Why All Educational Videos Are the Same" and then finding my unsourced footage in this video. From 2:07 and then from 2:19 you'll see footage from my "What a Typical Tokyo Neighbourhood is Like" video ruclips.net/video/TheOkz8oF_I/видео.html.
I'll give the benefit of the doubt and assume the team originally had me sourced and it got lost in the script edit. If you're anything like me with scripts, it'll go through multiple revisions and sometimes I'll cut and paste parts and my linked sources get separated.
I honestly don't mind using some of my footage to help illustrate a point. When I do this I generally put up hardcoded text over the footage showing where I sourced the footage from (although when it's a reference to a TV show or movie I don't).
In the future, if you want some footage of Japan, please reach out.
By the way, I know someone in the comments mentioned this, but the Tokyo metropolitan area (Greater Tokyo) at 1:56 is inaccurate. That's showing Tokyo Metropolis, which is only 13 million people. The 23 wards, which you had as 14 million is more like 9 million. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_Tokyo_Area
All the best! - Greg
Hi Greg, Thank you for bringing this to light. I've just gone back through our script and notes for this video and we do indeed have your video referenced and have used this clips as you have pointed out without highlighted your original video in the description or ingrained in the video itself.
As we mentioned in our "Why All Educational Videos Are the Same" video we are still working out how we presented our sources early on this video is clearly a case of us falling bellow the mark and loosing track through the post production stage.I still feel there is no excuse here and again thank you for highlighting this because it helps us to we will continue to be on top of how we correctly source content that's been used.
We have now included a link in our description to your original video.
On a side not, I'm also actually traveling to Japan next month to film an upcoming video so perhaps I could even hit you up for any recommendations you might have.
Thanks,
Andy
@@Faultlinevideos Thanks for the prompt reply and fix Andy! Yes, please do feel free to hit me up regarding your trip to Japan. I'll send you a message on Twitter.
1:57 That is not the Tokyo Metropolitan area, the shaded are is made up of mountainous forests
The metropolitan area expends south into Kawasaki and Yokohama and North into Saitama and Chiba slightly
i was about to comment this
1:57 that’s not the tokyo metro area…that’s the just tokyo proper. the tokyo area extends further than than
Ah yes, mount fiji, what an incredible piece of nature's wonder in japan
Interesting take from the geographic perspective. Although I think a more common take is the Plaza Accord broke the rapid growth of the economy, and the overly stabilized social-economic structure (ties between big companies and the government) makes Japan lost its vigor.
Although interesting I think that Japan is 'formed' by its Geography, which is true of many countries, not sure about 'trapped'. I dont think that argument is strong.
Verrry clean intro. Dig it!
Appreciate it!
Thanks you so much! You are doing a very great job
New episode! Love it!
Another great and interesting episode. 🙌🏽
This was a phenomenal video! Just one small critique..
I'm sorry, it's a pet peeve of mine, but please oh please try to pronounce the word nuclear correctly... It's not nuke-u-lar, it's nuke-lee-ar. Nuclear. Sorry for being nitpicky, but you just said it so many times during the latter half of this video, and I thought I was going crazy but I googled it and it's not like aluminum/aluminium on different sides of the pond. There's just no second U in the word nuclear in the English language.
I know this is silly, but it just really irks me. Overall, great video tho!!
The idea that a modern economy can be self sufficient is a bit of a stretch. Even larger countries don't have access to all the rare earth minerals they would need to become self sufficient in addition to oil and gas, etc.
Fantastic video
Thanks you for the support!
Amazing vid!
Glad you enjoyed it
Commenting before this channel hits 1 million subs. 😁
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Mt Fiji? Mt FIJI?? Come on dude. If you are going to take all this time to put together a video, you can at least get the name of one of the worlds most iconic volcanoes right.
Excellent video, Mr. Faultline
these videos are so high quality! you deserve a lot more recognition
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High quality? He can’t even get the name of Mt Fuji right. Everyone knows Mt Fuji.
Really well made video. Deserve more views 👍
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1 person died from radiation at Fukushima. ONE PERSON.
so in 1868 we had a American act like a BRIT , but East India trading company did not get the BOOTY? Q:why did the sun never set on the british empire??? India A: because GOD did not trust them at night..
Japan is isolated from continental Asia, has fertile arable land due to mineral rich deposits from volcanoes, and receives a significant amount of rainfall, allowing for the growth of the most developed nation in Asia away, from the conflicts in continental Asia. It's a blessing, not a curse. Most Asian countries suffer due to external conflicts and internal stability, and Japan has been the most stable Asian country since the end of the Second World War. Korea remains a divided land, China has fatal external conflicts and internal conflicts, and most of South-east Asia are plagued with political instability. Japan's isolation works to its benefit, and Japan is geopolitically forward facing to the Pacific Ocean towards the USA.
Damn, they shouldn’t have let go the captured lands in World War Two, the US didn’t
Best video ever
Glad you like it!
Good video, only thing that irritated me was "nucular". It's nu-cle-ar.
Its 2022 I think Japan is due for its third American invasion
You should have 1m subs
Thank you!