Nobunari Oda -
about 11 hours ago: http://twitter.com/nobutaro1001/status/ ... 1074202624日本に帰ってきました。(I came back to Japan)
Miki Ando:
http://twitter.com/181712/status/46911470587494400181712 @nobutaro1001 welcome home!!!!!
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Florent Amodio FB:
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http://icemusings.blogspot.com/2011/03/ ... japan.htmlUpdate 2:38PM EST: Ingo Steuer has said even if Worlds did go on, he would not send Savchenko and Szolkowy. Now the German Federation has announced that they have withdrawn their entire team:
http://www.eislauf-union.de/_NEWS_WM2011.htmlMichael Slipchuk has said on Canadian TV that if Worlds occurs, it will be up to individual Canadian skaters whether they wanted to attend. He was also asked about the possibility of holding Worlds in Canada and said that Skate Canada would do whatever it could to support the ISU.
The British government has also issued a travel advisory warning against all non-essential travel to Tokyo. They are reporting that while Narita airport is open, many flights are still being canceled and transportation to and from the airport is difficult:
http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/travel-and-liv ... ania/japanUpdate March 13th 12:44AM EST: Japanese officials are now operating under the assumption that a partial meltdown of the nuclear reactor cores is underway. They insist, however, that no radiation has been leaked.
The U.S. Geological Survey is also reporting that there have been 140 aftershocks of magnitude 4.5 or higher.
Airports are back up and running as is limited rail service and those without electricity have dropped to 2.5 million from 6 million.
Update 9:01PM EST: A few US journalists have begun posting news articles advocating either canceling, postponing or changing venues for Worlds:
http://www.freep.com/article/20110312/S ... ext|Sportshttp://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/spo ... um=twitterBased on the information I've been gathering, it seems that the U.S. media coverage has differed from other countries. The ISU is set to make a final decision early this week. I know that a lot of people reading this post are from Japan. If you have any thoughts or insights please share them in the comment section.
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Canadians can make own choice about Tokyo worlds: officialhttp://www.cbc.ca/sports/figureskating/ ... skate.htmlOfficials consider canceling Figure Skating Worlds in Tokyo http://www.universalsports.com/news/art ... 24127.html