The Japan Business Federation’s 21st Century Public Policy Institute is warning of not only a collapse of the Japanese economy, but a regression to “less-developed” country status.
That would put Japan behind India, as India’s economy counties to boom.
Analysts blame Japan’s fall on an ongoing population exodus, and money exodus, both caused by the March 2011 […] Continue Reading…
April 17, 2012, Japan’s Internal Affairs Ministry reported a record drop in Japan’s population. The exodus started as a result of the March 2011 nuclear disaster at the GE designed Fukushima Daiichi power plant.
As of October 2011, 259,000 people fled Japan. Percentage wise it’s not much, only 0.2% of the total population of Japan, but […] Continue Reading…
“Americans abroad are terrified. We’ve had people pay tens of thousands of dollars in fines. We’ve had people … pay huge amounts of back taxes. Up to this point, we never heard of anyone renouncing, or if they did, they didn’t talk about it, now we’re seeing a lot of people speak openly about […] Continue Reading…
“The terrorists’ infiltration in Kabul and other provinces is an intelligence failure for us and especially for NATO and should be seriously investigated.”-Hamid Karzai, President of Afghanistan
On April 15, 2012, coordinated attacks took place in three main areas of Afghan capital Kabul, and the provinces of Nangarhar, Paktia and Logar. The battles were ended […] Continue Reading…
April 15, 2012, Pakistani politician and activist, Imran Khan Niazi, said if he were Prime Minister he would shoot down any U.S. drone found over Pakistan. Khan re-enforced his statement by saying that even if it were an “angel”, if it was wearing a military uniform he would shoot it down.
Khan blamed deteriorating conditions […] Continue Reading…
Pakistani prison officials say an early morning raid by hundreds of militants, on the Bannu prison, near the Afghan border.
The attack began at 01:30 hours, April 14, 2012.
Pakistani officials say at least 400 prisoners were freed, but some were re-captured or voluntarily gave up. Mujahideen claim 1,200 prisoners were freed. The prison is said […] Continue Reading…
April 15, 2012, Japanese Finance Minister Jun Azumi, announced that Japan will lend $50 billion USD to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to help bail out the European economies.
The IMF says at least $500 billion USD is now needed to bail out Europe!
On April 14, IMF managing director Christine Lagarde, said she welcomes the […] Continue Reading…
Israel’s Bank Hapoalim has filed a $720 million USD lawsuit against BoA.
Officials with Bank Hapoalim says BoA lied about the mortgage securities it sold to Israel. BoA is also accused of violating its contracts regarding the sale of those securities.
Bank Hapoalim suffered more than $1 billion USD in losses in the 2008/2009 mortgage/credit crunch […] Continue Reading…
April 15, 2012, the U.K. embassy in Kabul was hit by two rockets, probably RPGs. The house where one embassy official lived was also attacked with Rocket Propelled Grenades.
Several large explosions and lots of gunfire heard in Kabul. U.S. and German embassies attacked. German officials say they have taken no casualties. U.S. officials say […] Continue Reading…
Overnight five rockets hit the Herat airport in western Afghanistan, according to local police. No further info.
A local official in Khost Province says a U.S./NATO/ISAF helicopter went down. ISAF confirms, but as is SOP for ISAF they refuse to give any details.
“The Australian Defense Minister said Australia is interested in forging a strategic partnership […] Continue Reading…