The head of Bank of Japan announced that as long as Europe struggles with a credit crisis, the value of the Japanese yen will keep going up. That’s bad when Japan’s economy is based on exports. The more their yen is worth, the more their products will cost.
Masaaki Shirakawa said the result is that […] Continue Reading…
The manager of Tokyo Electric Power Company’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was forced to resign, because of major health problems.
Yoshida Masao has been directly dealing with the situation at the nuclear plant since the 11 March 2011 disasters. Yoshida said a major health problem was discovered during a medical check up. TEPCo officials […] Continue Reading…
During the week that followed the March 11 earthquakes and tsunamis that hit Japan, reactors 1, 3 and 4 at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant exploded. Yet Reactor 2 spewed the most radiation.
Contract workers at the plant say they heard an explosion inside Reactor 2, but TEPCo officials swear no explosion took place. Independent […] Continue Reading…
Three farms in the city of Date, Japan, harvested rice that was found to be contaminated with cesium, up to 1,050 becquerels per kilogram.
Earlier in November as many as six farms in Oonami district were found with contaminated rice. Those farms did not sell their rice, but the farms in Date did.
Now officials are […] Continue Reading…
“The Senate is going to vote on whether Congress will give this president, and every future president, the power to order the military to pick up and imprison without charge or trial civilians anywhere in the world. The power is so broad that even U.S. citizens could be swept up […] Continue Reading…
“This is an issue that can unite the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street.”-Sherrod Brown, U.S. Senator from Ohio
Lies, scandals, cover ups, all part of the “too big to fail’s” plan to squeeze the United States dry. Now there’s proof!
Bloomberg Markets magazine has gotten a hold of a 29,000(!) page document, that shows just […] Continue Reading…
“Some European countries are facing a debt crisis and hope to convert their assets to cash and would like foreign capital to acquire their enterprises. We will be closely watching and pushing forward the progress.”-Chen Deming, Commerce Minister of China
The Commerce Minister of China just told a group of Chinese businessmen […] Continue Reading…
“China is deeply shocked by these events, and expresses strong concern for the victims and profound condolences to Pakistan.”-Hong Lei, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman
China is condemning the recent U.S. led NATO/ISAF attack on Pakistani troops. China and Pakistan are steadfast allies, with China being Pakistan’s number one military supporter. The United States is still […] Continue Reading…
“We do not accept NATO apology. NATO was not chasing militants.”-Major General Athar Abbas, Pakistani army
Pakistan continues to move away from the United States, after a deadly U.S. led NATO/ISAF attack on Pakistani troops. They are now boycotting the December 5 Bonn Conference on Afghanistan’s security.
Foreign Ministers from at least 90 countries (including Hillary […] Continue Reading…
The Japanese paper company, Daio Paper, is in financial trouble after it was discovered that a, now former, executive borrowed millions of company dollars to gamble in overseas casinos!
Tokyo prosecutors are investigating Mototaka Ikawa. They say Ikawa borrowed more than U.S.$128 million from seven subsidiary companies between May 2010 and September of this year. […] Continue Reading…