The Importance of Remembering Public Transport Accidents in Japan I am delighted to announce the publication of the Handbook of Disasters in Japan, in which I have a chapter. While major public transportation accidents, such as plane crashes and ship sinking…

The Importance of Remembering Public Transport Accidents in Japan

#Japan #JAL123 #JL123 #Memorialization #Remembering #PublicTransportAccidents #Disaster #DisasterStudies #Research #Publication #HandbookOfDisasterStudiesInJapan

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Contents Tourism in Maebashi: Climber’s High (2005) As noted in my previous post, Contents Tourism in Maebashi: Climber’s High (2008) Again, in addition to the ‘Zom 100’ Contents Tourism in Gunma I did during my trip in August 2025, I also did two o…

Contents Tourism in Maebashi: Climber’s High (2005)

#Japan #ContentsTourism #Maebashi #Climber’sHigh #Seventeen #HideoYokoyama #クライマーズ・ハイ #JL123 #JAL123

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Contents Tourism in Maebashi: Climber’s High (2008) Again In addition to the ‘Zom 100’ Contents Tourism in Gunma I did during my trip in August 2025, I also did two other bits of contents tourism in Gunma – both in Maebashi. And both of them relate …

Contents Tourism in Maebashi: Climber’s High (2008) Again

#Japan #ContentsTourism #Maebashi #Climber’sHigh #Seventeen #HideoYokoyama #クライマーズ・ハイ #JL123 #JAL123

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JL123 Anniversary Reflections Following on from my post reflecting on the Hiroshima atomic bombing anniversary and my post reflecting on the Nagasaki atomic bombing anniversary, this is the third of four posts that I will do on…

JL123 Anniversary Reflections

#Japan #JL123 #JAL123 #Uenomura #Gunma #Osutaka #OsutakaNoOne #JA8119 #IreiNoSono #Memorialisation #PlaneCrash

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I will be discussing my recent fieldwork trip to Japan in my paper "80 and 40 Years On: The Symbolism of Japan's August Losses" this morning.

#DDD17 #Japan #Hiroshima #Nagasaki #Uenomura #YasukuniShrine #AtomicBomb #JAL123 #JL123 #NoMoreHiroshimas

The memorial services at Irei-no-Sono.

18:56

For the first time, I also lit some of the candles.

#JAL123 #JL123

No shortage of media this year.

The JAL President at Shokon-no-hi.

Former Transport Minister, Maehara. In 2010 he was the first serving Transport Minister to go to Osutaka-no-One on the anniversary.

#JAL123 #JL123

Balloons with messages (here you can see mine) were released from Osutaka-no-One.

#JAL123 #JL123

Osutaka-no-One. 12 August 2025, 40 years on from the deadliest single plane crash in the world.
The cutting created by one of the plane's wings.
The memorial post for Kim Mathews and Mako Nishiguchi, which I cleaned as usual.
After taking a photo of a family, they took one of me.
#JAL123 #JL123

The JL123 toronagashi in Ueno-mura

#JL123 #JAL123

My Research about the Flight JL123 Crash I am conducting research about the Japan Air Lines flight JL123 (also known as JAL123) crash on 12 August 1985 in Ueno-mura. The research not only covers the crash itself (you can find a summary he…

Remembering the victims, loved ones, and those otherwise affected by the JL123 crash. Learn more about it here: hoodcp.wordpress.com/2015/12/10/m... #JL123 #JAL123 #memorialisation #Japan #Uenomura #PlaneCrash #AirCrash #Disaster #日本航空123便墜落事故 #日本航空123便 #上野村 #御巣鷹の尾根

My Research about the Flight JL123 Crash I am conducting research about the Japan Air Lines flight JL123 (also known as JAL123) crash on 12 August 1985 in Ueno-mura. The research not only covers the crash itself (you can find a summary he…

Remembering the victims, loved ones, and those otherwise affected by the JL123 crash. Learn more about it here: hoodcp.wordpress.com/2015/12/10/m... #JL123 #JAL123 #memorialisation #Japan #Uenomura #PlaneCrash #AirCrash #Disaster #日本航空123便墜落事故 #上野村 #御巣鷹の尾根 #黙とう #RIP #OTD

【群馬県上野村】日航機事故ご遭難者四十周年追悼慰霊式・ローソク供養 YouTube video by 群馬県 多野郡 上野村Ueno-village

Here is the link to the the live stream of the JL123 memorial services.

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#JL123 #JAL123

Osutaka: A Chronicle of Loss in the World's Largest Single Plane Crash This page has moved to https://hoodcp.wordpress.com/book-osutaka-a-chronicle-of-loss-in-the-worlds-largest-single-plane-crash/

What happens when a loved one is lost in an air crash? "Osutaka" covers the experiences of one such family. bit.ly/35xHkxt #JL123 #JAL123 #PlaneCrash #Memorialisation #AirCrash #Disaster #PersonalExperience #Diary #Japan #Uenomura #Fujioka #日本航空123便墜落事故 #OTD

"Osutaka" provides a rare insight into what it’s like to lose a loved one in an ‎air crash. mybook.to/OsutakaeB #JL123 #JAL123 #Memorialisation #PlaneCrash #AirCrash #Disaster #PersonalExperience #Diary #Japan #Uenomura #Fujioka #日本航空123便墜落事故 #OTD

My Research about the Flight JL123 Crash I am conducting research about the Japan Air Lines flight JL123 (also known as JAL123) crash on 12 August 1985 in Ueno-mura. The research not only covers the crash itself (you can find a summary he…

Remembering the victims, loved ones and those otherwise affected by the JL123 crash. Learn more about it here: hoodcp.wordpress.com/2015/12/10/m...
#JL123 #JAL123 #memorialisation #Japan #Uenomura #PlaneCrash #AirCrash #Disaster #日本航空123便墜落事故 #上野村 #御巣鷹の尾根 #OTD #OnThisDay

Osutaka The loss of a loved one at any time is a traumatic event. When their death comes as a result of something sudden and unexpected, the impact can be even greater. If the loved one is your child ̵…

"Osutaka" provides a rare insight into what it’s like to lose a loved one in an ‎air crash.
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#JL123 #JAL123 #Memorialisation #PlaneCrash #AirCrash #Disaster #PersonalExperience #Diary #Japan #Uenomura #Fujioka #日本航空123便墜落事故 #OTD #OnThisDay

My Research about the Flight JL123 Crash I am conducting research about the Japan Air Lines flight JL123 (also known as JAL123) crash on 12 August 1985 in Ueno-mura. The research not only covers the crash itself (you can find a summary he…

Today I am remembering the victims, loved ones and those otherwise affected by the JL123 crash. Learn more about it here: hoodcp.wordpress.com/2015/12/10/m... #JL123 #JAL123 #memorialisation #Japan #Uenomura #PlaneCrash #AirCrash #Disaster #日本航空123便墜落事故 #OTD #OnThisDay #上野村

If you're in Tokyo 8 August to 12 August, I would recommend going to this exhibition of photos of the flight JL123 crash by Naonori Kohira. It's closed on 10 August. Kohira himself will be there. His book 4/524 is also excellent.

#JAL123 #JL123

群馬県 多野郡 上野村Ueno-village 群馬県の最南端「上野村」のチャンネルです！ 関東では最も人口が少ない自治体（離島を除く）ですが、住民は様々にチャレンジをしています。 魅力は圧倒的な大自然！釣りに登山にアウトドア、美味しい名物も盛りだくさん！ 動画を通じて上野村の「いいところ」を知ってもらえれば幸いです。

Ueno-mura does a YouTube broadcast from about 18:00 on 12 August for the JL123 crash anniversary. The link is for the account, you'll need to refresh on the day for the video. I'll try to post it, but will be in Ueno-mura myself so may not get a chance.

#JAL123 #JL123

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Just finished listening to 沈まぬ太陽 by 山崎 豊子 on Audible. All 5 volumes are amazing. I really wish there was an English translation so more people could access it.

#JAL123 #JL123 #ShizumanuTaiyo #ToyokoYamasaki #沈まぬ太陽 #山崎豊子

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The talk will focus on two aspects of the flight JL123 crash: the 𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘰 (final notes by some of those who were on board) and the videos related to the crash on YouTube.

#Japan #JL123 #aviation #remembrance

80 and 40 Years On – The Symbolism and Politics of Japan’s August Losses I have returned from a holiday (mostly) in Japan to start wading through emails and other jobs to do. Amongst the emails was the wonderful news that my proposal to give a paper at the DDD17 (Death,…

I am delighted that my paper "80 and 40 Years On – The Symbolism and Politics of Japan’s August Losses" has been accepted for the #DDD17 Conference in Utrecht in August.

#Japan #Hiroshima #Nagasaki #JL123 #AtomicBombing #Surrender #Hibakusha #Symbolism

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The Continued Significance of the 8/12 Renrakukai and JL123 I have been researching things related to the JL123 plane crash for around 18 years now. Of course, to me this crash is very significant – it has been a central part of my research for so man…

The Continued Significance of the 8/12 Renrakukai and JL123

#Japan #8/12Renrakukai #JL123 #JAL123 #InternationalCivilAviationOrganization #ICAO #KunikoMiyajima #MrsMiyajima #Bereavement #Grief #Support #KyodoNews

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YouTube and the JAL123 Crash – An Update Today when a major event occurs, it will be discussed widely on social media. What is perhaps surprising is that there are people making YouTube videos, for example, of events that occurred prior t…

YouTube and the JAL123 Crash – An Update

#Japan #JAL123 #JL123 #Osutaka #JA8119 #YouTube #JAL123Crash #PlaneCrash

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The 39th Anniversary of the JL123 Crash Today (12 August 2024) is the 39th Anniversary of the JL123 (also commonly referred to as 'JAL123', 'JA8119', or 'Osutaka') crash. As with the last few years, I watched the live stream of the memorial...

The 39th Anniversary of the JL123 Crash

#Japan #JAL123 #JL123 #Osutaka #Uenomura #IreiNoSono #御巣鷹 #上野村 #慰霊の園

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日航機事故ご遭難者三十九周年追悼慰霊式

#JAL123 #JL123 #Osutaka #Uenomura #IreiNoSono #御巣鷹 #上野村 #慰霊の園

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Guardian Recognition for The Death Studies Podcast I have been singing the praises for The Death Studies Podcast for a long time now - see, for example, my post Death Studies Podcast – A Brilliant Podcast That’s About Much More Than Death. So at one l...

Guardian Recognition for The Death Studies Podcast

#DeathStudies #DeathStudiesPodcast #TheDeathStudiesPodcast #Death #Guardian #Podcast #JAL123 #JL123

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Research about YouTube and JAL flight 123.

#JAL123 #JL123 #JA8119 #Osutaka #YouTube #Research #PlaneCrash #PlaneAccident

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Research about YouTube and JAL flight 123.

#JAL123 #JL123 #JA8119 #Osutaka #YouTube #Research #PlaneCrash #PlaneAccident

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