This is not OK

OK, so now we've been in Tokyo for two weeks soon. The facts and reflections which are most apparent are:
Many of the Metro stations have no running escalators and operate with very limited light. The average stations in Tokyo are quite large and most have two to six long escalators to normally go up or down, so it takes a lot of time and is already now quite sweaty. It's of course good considering the exercise, and none of us have any problems getting around, like many of the older people. Hence it's nothing to wine about, but it'll be quite hard in the long run, considering grocery shopping etc.
Most work places try to save electricity, so the lights are off as much as possible and as is all AC. No lights mean that the working day starts from sunrise and ends at sunset and without AC in Japan, it'll be the same temperature inside as outside; right now it is OK to work in ca 15-17 degrees and you simply have to wear a couple of sweaters and sometimes a hat inside. During the summer it'll however be a nightmare. Tokyo University will close down during August; last year it was 35-40 degrees in Tokyo and above 90% relative humidity in August/September.
Nce the recommendations and reports vary, it's hard to feel safe about drinking and cooking in the tap water. It's normally not easy to shop for food in Japan if one isn't fluent in Katakana, Kanji eller Hiragana and it's of course even trickier now, since we want to avoid groceries from the regions close to Fukushima. It's something one never think would be anything to actually look out for, so it all just feels very scary and frightening. Even if the latest news about the water is that it's OK to drink in our region and it's said that no food from the affected regions are sold on, I understand that one of the main objectives is also to avoid creating panic.
We are attending several fund raising charity projects, amongst others a race around Yamanote line where the contestants pay a certain amount of money/ buy a station and the money go to the areas in the north. We're also helping out cleaning in Kamakura, Jonas is packing bags for children in the affected areas and our employers have donated a lot of money to aid the work around Fukushima. I'm also off to a meeting regarding where and when we can donate clothes and Jonas company has sent several trucks with baby necessities.
The work to clean up Fukushima have according to most reports (http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/) not improved at a steady rate and encountered several set backs, besides sorting out a leak (http://www.fluentnews.com/story/26631561?section_id=11&version=106321). The most upsetting fact is probably the dumping of radioactive water in the ocean (http://topstories.foxnews.mobi/quickPage.html?page=17224&external=834015.proteus.fma&pageNum=-1) where it later have been several reports about high levels of radioactive isotopes in fish (http://abcnews.go.com/m/story?id=13302515&sid=26). He whole situation is of course very hard to handle, but it has us becoming very worried about the fact that if there is a leak, how/when will we find out? It's of course a huge stress factor that we don't know the language perfectly, since most of the previous messages we have received have been in Japanese only.
Personally I'm highly concerned about the whole situation; of course this cannot begin to compare with how horribly the effects have been towards the people in Sendai/Fukushima areas, which I think about all the time. We are both physically OK, but I'm not used to natural disasters and I really do not like to be scared every time I to go outside to be hit by a cloud from Fukushima or to accidentally eat or drink something contagious. I find it very uncomfortable to go down to the metro if another large earthquake might hit us and it feel absolutely crazy to have my passport in my handbag, if we need to leave the country asap. It's hard to sleep when you wake up every other night by after chocks and further to concentrate at work, which in both our cases require a lot of focus and energy. I'm therefore working hard on a solution, because this is not OK.
Ka