| | | |

Strange Video From Fukushima Nuclear Plant Live Camera

Byjay

I’m going to embed the video right here so you can watch and try to figure out what’s going on here…

Looks like something out of a science fiction movie. The person in the video seems to be a worker at the plant, based on his official clothing, but I’m not sure why he is pointing directly at the live camera or what he’s saying. Some of the commenters suggested that he might be doing a camera check and talking to someone who can see him, others opined that he might be a worker at the plant who’s gone a little crazy.

Also, here is a 15 minute, slightly less sped up version of the video (as suggested by Dave from Big in Japan for your scarification or analysis…

I would like to believe the camera test idea as well, but when he comes up close to the camera near the end and points in a way that covers his face while still talking… that’s a little scary.

Any ideas what could be going on here?

Similar Posts

Japanese Culture – Top Ten Annoying Things People Brag About

Byjay

This is another one of those interesting Google top ten lists. This one asks Japanese people what their friends brag about that annoys them the most. I don’t think the list is very unique to Japan, although it does give a little insight into what people in Japan tend to take pride in. If you…

| |

Wedding Bells for Member of Japan Women’s World Cup Soccer Championship Team

Byjay

As Japan enjoys the honeymoon after a historic World Cup Finals victory, one starting member of Japan’s Women’s Soccer Team will be preparing for a real honeymoon sometime in the near future. As she and the rest of the team were still on the pitch celebrating their victory, about 30 minutes after the deciding goal…

Kuchinoerabujima – University of Wyoming Professor Missing in Japan

Byjay

CNN reports that American Poet and University of Wyoming Professor Craig Arnold is missing after setting out alone to climb a volcano known as Kuchinoerabujima. The CNN article above mentions that Arnold was on a fellowship in Japan doing research for a book on volcanoes. Not much is mentioned about Kuchinoerabujima (or Kuchinoerabu Island). The…

| | | |

Japanese Singer Hitomi Calls Out Lazy Husbands

Byjay

Japanese singer, Hitomi, has called her own husband her greatest enemy in raising their children. She recently released a new baby clothing line in collaboration with Seven&i Holdings (the growing powerhouse behind Japan’s 7-11 convenience stores, Itoyokado malls, and much more). Hitomi’s clothing line will be called Pomipomi, and when announcing it commented that there…

More Google in Japan news

Byjay

The headline reads “Group with Google and others building cross-Pacific Broadband cable”. The important point though is who the “others are” in this case. One “other” is Bharti Airtel Limited, an Indian integrated telecom services provider. Others are various asian communications and mobile products companies… however one of the group which calls itself “Unity”… is…

5 Comments

  1. OK, that’s a little weird. Looking at the timestamps he spends almost 20 minutes continually pointing and reading off the camera, then goes away for 2 minutes before coming back for the close-up for a minute.

  2. Yeah, it’s sped up in the video, but the amount of time he spends pointing and talking… the beginning looks a little like what the JR train drivers do when they are making note of landmarks on their routes, but from then on it’s scary.

    I am too much a fan of horror and science fiction to let my imagination go too far on this.

  5. Updated with the 15 minute version which is kind of the Fuku-Ichi equivalent to the video in Ring. (There I go with the mind running away with the horror.)

    A part of me just wants to think that Dustin Hoffman is in that suit reprising his role in Outbreak… because really, who’s afraid of Dustin Hoffman?

Comments are closed.