After Defense Secretary Roberts Gates announced that the United States would NOT be leaving Iraq, as planned, U.S. troops have come under fire.
April 13, a U.S. base in southern Iraq was hit with mortar fire. Photos show the base burning after the attack. No word on casualties. This is the third attack in a […] Continue Reading…
“In a retaliatory move, we have stopped providing fuel to European aircraft.”-Vice-President Mohammad Reza Rahimi
For some time several European countries have refused to fuel up Iranian passenger planes that land at their airports. After repeated requests by Iran, countries like Germany and United Kingdom, still refuse on the grounds that they are following the […] Continue Reading…
Tokyo Electric Power Company operates several nuclear power plants in Japan, not just Fukushima Daiichi. Some of those plants went off line because of the 11 March disasters. In fact many nuclear plants run by other companies are off line, that’s why the electricity shortage in Japan is so bad.
TEPCo announced that they will […] Continue Reading…
“Children have been rejected from evacuation centers. It’s really sad for them to be told, ‘Don’t come near, don’t come near’.”-Abe Sadayasu, Minamisoma City official
Adding insult to injury, many Japanese evacuees are reporting they’re being turned away from emergency shelters for health reasons.
The latest evacuees are coming from recently expanded nuclear evacuation zones. Emergency […] Continue Reading…
The government of Japan says conflicts between government agencies, not just TEPCo, delayed the raising of the nuclear crisis to the highest level of 7.
‘‘The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency and the Nuclear Safety Commission of Japan said they could not vouch for the certainty of their estimates, so I told them to make […] Continue Reading…
Sony has announced that they will start using the dreaded (for some people) Day Light savings, to help save electricity in a Japan now strapped for electrical power.
It’s expected that lack of electrical power will become more of a problem in summer, because that’s when demand normally goes up. There are several nuclear power […] Continue Reading…
Volkswagen has been considering taking over Japan’s Isuzu, in a joint venture with Germany’s truck maker MAN. They’re a little hesitant after the 11 March 2011 disasters.
VW is also working on a partnership with Suzuki. The German car maker has cited cultural differences as problems getting into the Japanese market, but now has to […] Continue Reading…
Daimler (known for Mercedes-Benz) shut down its Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus plant, in Kawasaki, Japan. The shut down came after the March 11 disasters.
As other vehicle makers have said, Daimler says supply of parts will be a continuous problem from here on out. The German company hopes to start production on April 20.
Daimler […] Continue Reading…
Tokyo Electric Power Company president, Shimizu Masakatsu, is stepping down from his post as chairman of the Federation of Electric Power Companies of Japan. It is a direct result of the crisis at Fukushima Daiichi.
The FEPC is a kind of union, or club, of electrical power companies in Japan. Yagi Makoto, president of Kansai […] Continue Reading…
“As strong aftershocks occur almost daily, we have to consider what will happen to buildings already damaged by blasts.”-Nishiyama Hidehiko, Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency
Concern for new problems at Fukushima Daiichi, caused by several intense aftershocks, and rising temperatures in Reactor 4 spent fuel pool after a battery storage box caught fire.
Tokyo Electric Power […] Continue Reading…