Japan, "The Land of The Rising Sun": Don't miss the Ark, Preserve some of the past and carry it into the future.

How to survive earhquakes and tsunami:

Solar Powered Lanterns donated to tsunami-hit villages in Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures



 

Panasonic donated 4,000 pieces Solar Powered Lantern to Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures, hoping that they’ll help add a bit of comfort and assistance to those who have been hit hardest by the quake.

Panasonic states, “One of the models also include USB output which can be used to recharge mobile phones.

We hope that the products will be able to bring light in midst the situation, especially where electrical supply is still limited. Panasonic Group and its employees sincerely hope for swift recovery of the people and areas affected by the disaster.”
A solar Lantern is produced of three essential elements, the solar cell panel, the battery and the lamp. The procedure is really easy. The solar energy is reformed to electric energy by the solar cell panel and put in a sealed maintenance-free battery for later apply during the night hours. A single charge can work the lamp for around 4-5 hours.

SANYO "The Solar Ark".

The Solar Ark, a unique, ark-shaped, solar photovoltaic power generation facility, offers activities to cultivate a better appreciation of solar power generation, and thereby of both ecology and science. This 315m-wide, 37m-tall facility is located in Gifu Prefecture, in the geographical center of Japan, and can be seen from the JR Tokaido bullet train, which runs past on an adjacent railway track. Stationed at the center of the Solar Ark is the Solar Lab, a museum of solar energy and one of the more unusual museums in the world. A unique, hands-on, outdoor light exhibition will be launched here in 2005, for the first time in Japan.

SANYO, A member of the Panasonic group: Development Story for the Solar LED Lantern
* 2010 Yushu earthquake in China  SANYO donated 1,000 solar LED lanterns to Yushu Red Cross to help with the re-establishment of the affected areas by the huge earthquake on April 14th 2010 in Yushu, China. 

* 2009 Sumatra earthquake SANYO donated 1,000 solar LED lanterns to Jakarta Red Cross to help with the re-establishment of the affected areas by the huge earthquake on September 30th 2009 in Sumatra, Indonesia.

:: JAPAN ::
 Both Nippon and Nihon literally mean "the sun's origin", that is, where the sun originates,[1] and are often translated as the Land of the Rising Sun. This nomenclature comes from Imperial correspondence with Chinese Sui Dynasty and refers to Japan's eastward position relative to China. Before Nihon came into official use, Japan was known as Wa (倭?) or Wakoku (倭国?).[2] Wa was a name early China used to refer to an ethnic group living in Japan around the time of the Three Kingdoms Period.