A female employee, working at the Fukushima Daiichi nuke plant, is contaminated with three times the safe limits for women. She was working at the damaged plant, directing emergency crews.
Tokyo Electric Power Company thinks she was contaminated when taking off the protective suit. They say most of her contamination is internal, so they think […] Continue Reading…
Japan’s big three automakers, Toyota, Nissan and Honda, have been downgraded to negative by Standard & Poor’s.
S & P also downgraded the biggest parts suppliers for the Japanese car companies. S & P blames the disruption to manufacturing caused by the March 11 disasters.
Toyota officials claim they have a better idea of the parts supply problem, but they refuse to go into any detail.
Supplies of microchips, rubber materials and paint additives are the main problems (affected by the loss of electrical power by the shutdown of nuclear plants, most of Japan’s electricity comes from nuclear power). However, […] Continue Reading…
Standard & Poor’s has reduced Japan’s rating from stable to negative. The cut is in regards to Japan’s sovereign debt (things like bonds).
S & P says the cost of rebuilding after the March 11 disasters, will raise Japan’s estimated debt load beyond 2013.
There are rumors that President Barack Obama is ready to change his military and national security staff.
Current Defense Secretary Robert Gates wants to leave. He could be replaced by current CIA chief Leon Panetta. The position of chief of the CIA could go to current Army General David Petraeus, who is about to finish […] Continue Reading…
At a press conference in United Kingdom, U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates admitted there were no set plans for troop withdrawal from Afghanistan.
“I expect that (the recommendations) will be coming in the not-too-distant-future.”-Robert Gates
Gates said he was still waiting for recommendations from General David Petraeus. President Obama had announced that troops would start […] Continue Reading…
“Iran reserves the right to hit back.”-Ramin Mehmanparast, Iran’s Foreign Ministry
Bahrain has ordered the second secretary in the Iranian embassy, Hujatullah Rahmani, to leave within 72 hours. They accuse him of being a spy for Kuwait.
Of course the accusation comes after Kuwait seemingly switched sides. Originally Kuwait supported the Saudi Arabian led invasion […] Continue Reading…
The Japanese Coordinating Committee for Earthquake Prediction, said seismic activities started to increase off eastern prefectures, from Miyagi to Ibaraki, three years before the massive 9.0 quake.
Professor Koshun Yamaoka added that research shows that the focus of small quakes two days before March 11, moved closer to what became the epicenter of […] Continue Reading…
The Law of Mother Earth. If it passes, it will be historic. Bolivia’s legislature is debating the new bill, which many believe will be passed.
The proposed law states: “Mother Earth is a living dynamic system made up of the undivided community of all living beings, who are all interconnected, interdependent and complementary, […] Continue Reading…
First Vice President Mohammad-Reza Rahimi has shown his ignorance of world history, in statements made regarding Japan.
Rahimi said Japan should not bow to imperialist countries. Hello, Japan is an imperialist country, they have an Emperor!
Rahimi also said Japan “…should not pursue the wrong policies of the bullying governments because the same powers […] Continue Reading…