“We hope the scholarships will encourage American students to delve into China studies and other subjects in China in earnest.”-Zhang Jin, education exchange program
China’s Ministry of Education is ready to offer full university scholarships to students from the United States. The program actually started last year, and was officially announced in April of this […] Continue Reading…
Steve O’Bryan, vice president for F-35 business development at Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, was in Japan, trying to push them to buy the controversial jet.
The main reason the F-35 is so controversial is that it’s taken far longer to develop, and it has cost U.S. taxpayers far more than originally estimated.
O’Bryan is hoping Japan will […] Continue Reading…
Grocery chain operator Ito-Yokado says it sold over 2,600 kilograms (5,732 pounds) of beef contaminated with cesium. The beef was sold at 94 outlets in Tokyo and several surrounding prefectures, as well as on the northern island of Hokkaido, between April and July.
Ito-Yokado is not the only store that has admitted to selling the […] Continue Reading…
Japan’s Education Minister Yoshiaki Takaki is demanding action after it was discovered that three elementary schools served children beef contaminated with cesium. The schools are located in Chiba, east of Tokyo.
Takaki has ordered local schools to check the source of the food they serve.
22 July 2011, the Japanese government is only conducting radiation checks in the Fukushima area, but one professor says they need to check the whole of Japan. Especially after it’s become clear that cows and cattle feed are contaminated with extremely high levels of cesium.
Niigata University Professor Nonaka Masanori, says radiation levels were never […] Continue Reading…
22 July 2011, Tokyo Electric Power Company says external power, needed to support efforts to control the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuke plant, has been cut.
There was a sudden surge of electricity which tripped a breaker controlling power to reactors 3 and 4. They are now using back up generators, and they are trying to […] Continue Reading…
The U.S. Department of Labor reported that first time state unemployment claims jumped by 10,000, to 418,000. The numbers are for the week ending July 16.
The previous week’s drop in first time claims is due to the shortened work week (July 4 holiday). That means it’s very likely that the first week of July […] Continue Reading…
So what about all the noise about Chrysler supposedly paying off its bailout loan? In the end the U.S. taxpayers lost $1.3 billion.
The pay off was in the form of stock buy back. The United States government sold its remaining shares of Chrysler stock to Fiat. The result was a net loss for U.S. […] Continue Reading…
For months now, Japanese Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency has been demanding that Tokyo Electric Power Company improve working conditions for their employees, including contractors. Officials have also been demanding to know why TEPCo is taking so long to get all the employees tested for radiation exposure (at least 1,500 are still awaiting tests). […] Continue Reading…
Japanese officials now say at least 1,400 contaminated cows made it to consumer markets. More and more rice hay is being found contaminated.
Rain and wind are helping to spread radiation, from the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, all over Japan.
The Japanese government is considering a beef buy back program, to help the stricken cattle […] Continue Reading…