Timothy Geithner is warning the U.S. Congress that if they don’t get their act together soon, the United States government will hit its legal limit on debt.
That could mean defaulting on loans owed to the rest of the world. The Treasury Department is forecasting that the debt limit will be reached between April 15 […] Continue Reading…
Tokyo Electric said it has started paying Japanese municipalities directly affected by the nuclear disaster.
One town, Namie, refused the money. Basically it is an insult, because when they divided the TEPCO offer by the number of their population and it amounted to only $12.00 per person. Namie officials say money is needed, but it’s […] Continue Reading…
East Japan Railway Co said it hopes to have all its bullet trains running full service routes by the end of April.
The 11 March, 9.0 quake damaged East Japan Railway rail lines in at least 1,200 places. About 45% of their routes are operational.
In other parts of Japan the problem is still lack of […] Continue Reading…
“I’m sorry about your animals, but your life is more important.”-Kato Tokutaro, head of economics for Tamura City
Hundreds of farm animals, and pets, have been left to die by farmers, and families, who evacuated the radiation danger zone. Turns out that radiation levels are much higher than officially reported, after one man had his […] Continue Reading…
According to The Japan Times, portable generators are almost sold out, thanks to the 11 March 2011 disasters. Also, because of power outages (ironic), and parts supply problems, producers will not be able to meet current (pun; electric generators) demand.
“We’re completely out. We ran out three days after the quake, but we’ve been receiving […] Continue Reading…
After it was revealed that Tokyo Electric Power Company’s radiation data was totally faulty, the company has now agreed to use third party monitoring of radiation levels.
Japan’s Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency blasted TEPCo, twice, for untrustworthy data. TEPCo admits that the faulty radiation level readings, at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, were […] Continue Reading…
Fukushima Prefecture is finally testing for radiation contamination at local elementary schools. Fukushima Prefecture is where the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant is.
The tests will only run through Thursday. It was demanded by parents.
It’s amazing to me that it wasn’t already being done, and it’s amazing that they’re only doing it until Thursday. The […] Continue Reading…
Gaddafi said it, exclusive reports in some western media sources said it, and even the U.S. Admiral in charge of NATO said it: Al Qaeda is operating with the Libyan rebels we are supporting. And now they are taking the weapons for the rebels, for later use against the West.
Reuters is reporting that Algerian […] Continue Reading…
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said the Japan Meteorological Agency delayed releasing info on radiation data. He also said, that when the data was released it was so confusing that it has added to the problem of getting people out of harms way.
And as an example of overlapping authority, Meteorological Agency officials say they […] Continue Reading…
Nissan says its April production, in Japan, will be about 40% of what was planned before the 11 March 2011 disasters.
Honda says its Japanese production will be half what it was hoping for.
Nissan is actually getting help for its Japanese production, from its engine plant in the United States.