Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano, says crime, involving mainly fraud, is targeting survivors of the March 11 disasters. So much so that the Japanese government is putting together a special council to deal with the problem.
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Hayao Miyazaki’s latest Anime may be what’s needed for Japan
Famous Japanese animator, Hayao Miyazaki (Totoro, Kiki’s Delivery Service, Porco Rosso, etc), says his latest anime should be right for the time.
The new movie, a co-production with his son, Goro Miyazaki, is called ”Kokurikozaka Kara”. It is based on a 30 year old comic book series (Manga) about teenagers trying to do well in Japan’s 1960s economy.
”The heroine’s desire and the boy’s will to live in the film are definitely needed in our time from now on,”-Hayao Miyazaki
The 1960s was when Japan’s economy finally started to take off, especially for their heavy industries, like cars. Prior to that Japan really was struggling, and believe it or not, Japan’s products were considered junk. Miyazaki believes Japan is facing a similar situation after the March 11 disasters.
The new movie is schedualed to be released in Japan July 16. (Expect a long delay for release in the U.S. thanks to the greedy control freaks at Disney)
Japan government tells Farmers to delay planting Rice
The Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, is asking farmers to delay planting rice, due to fears of radioactive contamination of the soil.
The officials want a few weeks to take soil samples, and determine if it’s OK to plant.
American Red Cross announces big money for Japan
The American Red Cross announced that, so far, $120 million has been raised to help the people of Japan.
$10 million has already been sent to Japan, and another $50 million will be sent in a few days. The rest will be sent as it becomes available.
Gaddafi was right, U.S. Admiral says al Qeada involved with “peaceful” Libyan Rebels
Remember when Gaddafi told international media that al Qaeda was behind some of the “peaceful” militant protesters? Even if you don’t, the U.S. media, and our government, laughed his claims off, saying it was proof he was crazy.
Guess what the U.S. commander of NATO said? Admiral James Stavridis said there were “flickers” of al Qaeda within the rebels. The admiral’s statement was backed up by a senior counter terrorism official, unnamed because he is not authorized to speak to the media. He said there is “…a sprinkling of extremists to perhaps include al Qaeda,” adding that “It’s hard to tell who all the leaders are in the opposition.” So our government doesn’t know who we are supporting? We could be supporting al Qaeda? Who’s crazy now?
Obama says U.S. will no longer be in charge of Odyssey Dawn, Yet who runs NATO? More Lies
Operation Odyssey Dawn is, according to President Barack Obama, going to be handed over to NATO on Thursday, April 1 (don’t be surprised if it’s an April Fools prank [heh, April Fools, Thursday is actually March 31]), so that the United States will no longer be in charge of attacking Libya. But who is in charge of NATO? The United States!
Already Obama has lied about U.S. involvement in Operation Odyssey Dawn, being just days, not weeks. When the official hand over to NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) takes place on Thursday, it will be a week and a half since the coalition military action began. Remember, Obama swore to Congress it was only going to be “…days, not weeks.”
What about NATO? First of all, the United States created NATO in 1949. The United States has been behind the push to expand NATO since the demise of the Soviet Union in 1991. By the way the Soviet Union was why NATO was created, so why is NATO still around 20 years after the Soviet Union ceased to exist? Because the United States wanted to keep it around.
Who runs NATO, literally? The United States. United States Navy Admiral James Stavridis is the current military commander of NATO. In other words; Obama is NOT handing off control of Odyssey Dawn, it is still under the control of the U.S.
By the way, this is why French President Sarkozy did not want NATO to take over. So far each “coalition” member has been doing their own thing. No real coordination. Sarkozy did not want France to lose direct control of their military action against Libya. By Sarkozy is the one who pushed everyone to pass the UNSCR 1973.
A Pentagon spokesperson explained that the real reason to turn things over to NATO, was money. The U.S. doesn’t have the money to continue most of the actual military action. By shifting to NATO, most of the military action will carried out, AND PAID FOR, by other members of NATO. NATO will still be run by the United States.
Now what about the name of this military action against the Libyan government? “Operation Odyssey Dawn”: Odyssey means a very long trip. Dawn usually refers to the start, or beginning, of something. Mmmm, beginning of a very long trip? Can you say Freudian slip?
Lies, lies and more lies!
Last Geisha survives Tsunami, again
She survived fire bombings by the United States during World War 2, she survived three smaller tsunamis, and she survived the March 11 tsunami.
“But this tsunami was the worst of all.”-84-year-old, TSUYAKO Ito
The recent tsunami destroyed most of her belongings.
“I found a car and a dead body in my house.”
Ito says her first memory, from when she was a child, is of her mother carrying her, and running from a tsunami. She became a Geisha at the age of 12, after her father became to sick to work. Ito lives in the steel town of Kamaishi. She says she is the last Geisha in Kamaishi.
Even at 84 she still has, or had, clients: “The hardest thing was that a lot of my fans passed away.” (due to the tsunami)
Ito wants to work until she is 88: “…I still have my performing skills and spirit. This is my pride. Even a tsunami cannot take them from me.”
Aid for Japan not being distributed fast enough, it’s all in the Logistics
International help is pouring into Japan, but, according to officials, distribution is slow because some of the help is not adequate for the needs, or, relief personnel are not prepared to accept the help.
The Foreign Ministry has accepted contributions of personnel, including rescue teams, from at least 21 nations, territories and international organizations. Also, it has accepted aid supplies from 26 countries.
You can’t blame the Japanese for the slow distribution of aid, some countries are slow on getting the help to Japan. For example: Singapore took eight days, after their announcement of support, to actually send aid. And that’s not to bad, getting huge amounts of aid out can be a logistical nightmare.
Add to that, the recipient country has to have personnel in place, ready to accept the aid. Many countries, and aid organizations, that want to send help say they have to wait until the get the go ahead from the Japanese government.
So, next time you hear how much aid your country is sending to a disaster area, realize that it’ll likely take weeks before it actually gets there.
Mother Earth erased humans from her surface, Tsuanmi death toll will be much higher say Japanese Police
The official death toll from the March 11 tsunami went over 10,000 on March 26. The number of missing is more than 16,000. These numbers are misleading because they are based on “reported” cases.
The Japanese National Police are saying that actual numbers will be much higher, because those numbers being officially reported are only those bodies that have been identified by family members, or, reported missing by family members. Police know that there are thousands of bodies not being identified, and even more people not being reported as missing. Why? Because, according to police, entire villages and towns were washed away, so there is no one, no relatives, alive to make the reports. Also, official local records of residents were washed away as well.
It’s as if Mother Earth literally erased humans from her surface.
Japan may adopt Daylight savings, due to power shortage
Officials are considering introducing daylight saving time todeal with severe power shortages that could last for months.
Japan has resisted daylight saving time for nearly 60 years. Russia recently dropped daylight savings.