Honda said today, that the suspension of car production at its Saitama and Suzuka factories will be extended to 03 April 2011.
They hope to resume motorcycle production at their Kumamoto factory on Monday.
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TEPCO still struggling with Nuclear Disaster, using sea water causing problems
Tokyo Electric officials admit they are having trouble controlling temperatures and pressures in the reactors.
The problem is the salty sea water. While it cools down the reactor, it also increases the pressure in the containment chambers. That’s not good, in fact it’s almost as bad as high temperatures. They are looking into ways to bring large amounts of fresh water to the Fukushima Daiichi facility.
Regarding to the employees sent to the hospital with radiation Beta Burns; the water they were standing in was 10,000 times more radioactive than the normal radioactive water in the reactor containment system.
New problem in Japan: Why keep paying for a house no longer there? Why pay employees when your business is gone?
Attorneys in Japan are dealing with disaster survivors asking for advice concerning paying debts, and even paying employees.
Those asking for advise have lost everything; jobs, homes, businesses, etc.
Apparently there are no legal parameters in Japan for dealing with legal issues that will arise from a catastrophic event.
One attorney, who is also a disaster survivor, has been offering free advice. Most of the time he tells the people that they must wait until the Japanese parliament comes up with new laws to handle the situation.
Exxon Mobile resumes Oil Refinery operations in Japan
The Exxon/Mobile Shiogama Oil Terminal near Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, resumed operations on Thursday (Japan time).
Local officials in north east Honshu, Japan, say the oil refinery, which makes gasoline and heating fuel, is key in helping local economic recovery after the 9.0 quake/tsunami.
U.S. may EXPORT car parts to Japan!
Nissan announced that it might send engines made in its U.S. factory, to Japan.
Nissan lost one of its engine plants in the Fukushima Prefecture after the 9.0 quake/tsunami. The factory made V6 engines.
Now Nissan officials are considering sending V6 engines from its Tennessee, United States, plant to factories in Japan.
NATO comes together, agrees to take over from U.S. against Libya, still no unified plan
Hillary Clinton said that NATO members have agreed to take over the military lead in the action against Libya.
She also admitted that there is no unified military plan among the coalition forces. “All 28 allies have also now authorized military authorities to develop an operations plan for NATO to take on the broader civilian protection mission.”- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
Can you say: Ad Hoc, last minute, willie nillie, rushed, haphazard, last minute lack of planing?
Tsunami effect, Undular Bore, hit at least 20 times North East Honshu
Video aired on NHK, shows multiple tsunami waves racing inland on March 11.
An hour and a half after the 9.0 quake, video was taken by helicopter, which flew from Sendai City south to Iwaki City.
The tsunami waves swallowed everything in their path. People in tall buildings can bee seen scrambling for the roof tops.
Professor Fumihiko Imamura at the Tohoku University Disaster Control Research Center, says he can see a tsunami rare effect, called undular bore, hit Natori City, Miyagi.
Undular Bore is a phenomenon in which a series of tsunami waves surge high near the shore and flood onto land one after another. At least 20 undular bores hit the north east (Pacific) coast of Honshu.
Heroine Miki Endo stayed at her post, warning people of the Tsunami until the very end. Update
In one north eastern Honshu coastal town, a city employee manned the emergency loudspeaker system, right up to the very end.
In video from NHK you can hear the woman’s voice echoing through the city (it’s truly haunting when you realize what is going on) even as the tsunami sweeps over all the buildings, including the 3 story town hall. Miki Endo told residents to get to higher ground, over and over, with an intensity that caused some residents to think twice about going back home. One woman said if it wasn’t for Miki’s announcements she would not have realized the severity of the situation, and would have returned home instead of seeking higher ground.
Here’s a Spanish language news report that has the haunting NHK video. I had a link to the original NHK report but apparently it’s been removed from the internet.
The 3 story steel I-beam framed town hall is nothing but a skeleton now. The walls, floor and roof are gone. Workers in the building rushed to the roof when they realized the tsunami was taller than the top floor. The roof was still not tall enough, and most lost their lives, the survivors said they held on to exposed pylons for dear life. The whole time Miki Endo, still inside the town hall, stayed at her post telling the towns people to get to higher ground, telling them they must go higher.
From left to right: The top of the 3 story Disaster Center (where people had fled thinking it was safe) completely covered by water, the water begins to recede, in just a few seconds the tsunami had totally striped the 3 story building killing almost everybody.
To update the story, and since so many people continue to read it, it turns out that Miki was not the only one who stayed at her post. Miki’s boss stayed by her side, he also urged residents to get to higher ground, he was lost as well.
Miki has not been seen since, and her parents refuse to leave the devastated town, hoping to find her.
Tokyo vegetables hit by Radiation, 240km away from Fukushima!
238km (148 miles) away from the damaged nuclear plant in Fukushima, leafy vegetables in Tokyo have tested positive for cesium contamination.
Radiation is spreading across Japan, even though winds had been blowing out towards the Pacific most of the time. Also, more prefectures nearer to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant are turning up signs of radiation contamination, mainly iodine-131. Water supplies as far south as Tokyo have shown signs of iodine-131 contamination.
Why does the Federal Reserve feel optimistic about the Economy? They made a big Profit
The Federal Reserve Bank, a privately run bank established by Congress, feels better about the economic recovery. Why? They made a $81.7 billion profit in 2010.
The Federal Reserve makes profit by charging interest on the money it loans to other banks and financial institutions. It can also make money buying and selling U.S. bonds.
As we’ve seen over the past year, many big banks reported profits. Now the Fed is reporting big profits. In other words the economy is good if you’re in banking.