On November 3, Sony announced that its television division is likely to post a record loss of about U.S.$2.2 billion for 2011. That makes eight straight years of losses!
Sony is blaming poor sales in the United States and Europe. This is more proof that the U.S. is no longer the market place for the […] Continue Reading…
The Japan Nuclear Energy Safety Organization admitted it allowed nuclear fuel rods to pass quality checks using a faulty factory manual.
Government inspectors used the manufacture’s manual to inspect four sets of fuel rods. They approved three of the sets. The problem is that the approved sets did not match up with the length stated […] Continue Reading…
On 02 November 2011, Tokyo Electric Power Company said Reactor 2 at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant was in melt down, again. Now they changed their mind!
TEPCo now says the level of xenon radiation they detected is too low to be from spontaneous fission. Can these guys get anything right?
In a classic example of too little too late, Japan will now spend big money to study the effects of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear accident!
Japan will expand its Ukrainian embassy staff to include two nuclear specialists and three translators. The staff will also be equipped with gear for dealing with radiation. They will interview […] Continue Reading…
02 November 2011, Tokyo Electric Power Company announced that melt down has re-started in Fukushima Daiichi Reactor 2.
TEPCo detected radioactive xenon-133 and xenon-135, in the reactor’s containment vessel on 02 November. They are produced during nuclear fission. TEPCo poured a boric acid solution into Reactor 2 to suppress the nuclear fission (melt down).
Analysts are […] Continue Reading…
In an effort to avoid the outrageously high tariffs that many European Union members have put on Chinese products, Chinese President Hu Jintao is in Austria hoping to make new trade deals.
Xinhua News said “The two countries should also expand their mutually beneficial economic and trade relations and make concerted efforts to […] Continue Reading…
November 1, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered speeding up construction of 2,000 illegal housing units in East Jerusalem (al Quds), Ma’aleh Adumim, and Gush Etaion.
This is a response to the United Nations making Palestine the 195th member of the UN. Other retaliations planned by the Israelis include; curbing VIP status of senior Palestinian […] Continue Reading…
“If we are going to move out of this recession, Asia is going to be part of that equation. Asia is where we are going to grow.”-Ernest Bower, Southeast Asia Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies
Next week the 21 members of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) will meet in […] Continue Reading…
Honda wants to cut north American production by 50%, and they’re blaming the latest flooding in Thailand.
Output at all six of its factories in the United States and Canada will be cut in half from November 2 through 10. Also, they will stop all production in North America for one day on […] Continue Reading…
Japanese Defense Minister Yasuo Ichikawa announced that he will send about 200 troops to the new country of South Sudan in 2012. They will take part in UN peacekeeping operations.
Interestingly Ichikawa said the international community has been asking Japan to take on more UN peacekeeping roles, however I’ve not noticed any mention of that […] Continue Reading…