On 17 May 2012, the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ filed a suit against the U.S. government’s sanctions on Iran.
25 May 2012, the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ said they’ve officially restarted transactions with Iran, after a U.S. court decided in their favor.
The whole thing was because of a U.S. federal judge deciding that Iran was […] Continue Reading…
26 May 2012, Japan and China could begin using their own money for international transactions as early as June.
The two countries have been working on a plan to conduct business with each other using the yen and the yuan, and avoiding international banks requiring the U.S. dollar.
Japan’s Kyodo News said Japan and China need […] Continue Reading…
As the Japanese nuclear disaster continues on, with no end in sight, I discovered that a public radiation detector, or High Pressure Ion Chamber (HPIC)/gamma detector, in the middle of nowhere eastern Idaho, apparently is not working.
It’s part of the Idaho Environmental Monitoring Program (IEMP), which is actually run by a conglomeration of Federal […] Continue Reading…
“I can’t believe the government, I don’t believe the government! We have to protect ourselves, that’s what we’ve learned from Fukushima.”-Kubo Yuki, regularly tests her family’s store bought food for radiation
24 May 2012, CNN ran a short report chronicling the spread of radiation ever since the March 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster began. CNN […] Continue Reading…
On 24 May 2012, two United Nations organizations released preliminary results of their so called studies of radiation exposure in Japan. The problem is that those “studies” relied on government provided data, which even now TEPCo says are wrong.
First, the UN Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation, or UNSCEAR, claimed that six […] Continue Reading…
Due to the Tohoku-Chihou-Taiheiyou-Oki Earthquake which occurred on 11 March 2011, TEPCo’s facilities including our nuclear power stations have been severely damaged. We deeply apologize for the anxiety and inconvenience caused.
With regard to the accident at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, on 17 April 2011, we have compiled the roadmap towards restoration from the […] Continue Reading…
24 May 2012, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCo) is now estimating that 900,000 terabecquerels of radioactive iodine-131 and cesium-137 have spewed from Reactor 1 and Reactor 3, from March to September, 2011!
That’s an estimate that’s as much as 80% higher than official Japanese government (Nuclear Safety Commission, and the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency) estimates!
TEPCo […] Continue Reading…
24 May 2012, Japan’s National Police Agency reports that their own study finds that at least 4% of police who responded to the disasters that began on 11 March 2011, are showing signs of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
The study followed cops in the three hardest hit prefectures of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima. The study […] Continue Reading…
23 May 2012, after losing it’s former supporter, Ford, Mazda is now desperate for help from a bigger car maker. In steps Fiat.
Fiat already owns most Italian brands, like Alfa Romeo, Ferrari and Mazarati, and they’re majority owner of Chrysler.
NHK reporting that a deal between Mazda and Fiat would see the two seat Mazda […] Continue Reading…
23 May 2012, the Japan Nuclear Energy Safety Organization has confirmed that two reactor containment vessels at the GE designed Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, are breached and leaking radioactive materials.
Back in March Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCo) assumed that one containment vessel was cracked, because they found that after months of injecting tons of […] Continue Reading…