“Output reduction in Japan and overseas will most likely continue until September.”-Kohei Takahasi, JPMorgan Chase & Co. in Tokyo
Toyota expects to lose 35,000 vehicles from the North American shut down, and that’s spread over five days. The problem is that, because of continued nuclear power issues, it looks like parts supply is not going […] Continue Reading…
Before the March 11 disasters, JAL had come out of bankruptcy. Now the huge drop in people coming to Japan (some sources say at least 75% drop) is threatening to do JAL in.
Last week JAL announced they will ask employees to take time off without pay. Now JAL says it needs to cut costs […] Continue Reading…
Professor Susumu Yasuda of Tokyo Denki University conducted a survey of the effects of liquefaction, caused by the 11 March 2011, 9.0 quake.
He looked at the Tokyo Bay area and found at least 4,200 hectares (10,378 acres) of land had suffered liquefaction. Tokyo is 370km (230 miles) from the quake’s epicenter.
Liquefaction also destroyed residential […] Continue Reading…
Senior agency official Nishiyama Hidehiko, apologized for his agency’s slow response to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear crisis.
Nishiyama admitted the agency failed to address problems at the plant, as one emergency followed another.
Even the Nuclear Safety Commission, which advises the elected government of Japan, says the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency is unreliable.
The Japanese media […] Continue Reading…
This is the time of the year for grade school graduations in Japan. Because of the March 11 quake and tsunami, graduation ceremonies are painfully emotional for many.
At one kindergarten, they lost six children (three dead, three missing). Today the mother of two missing girls accepted their kindergarten graduation certificates.
Officials from Argentina and Japan met in Tokyo, to discuss the ongoing nuclear, and now economic, crisis in Japan.
Argentina pledged more help, but only if the Japanese government starts being honest about how bad the nuclear crisis at Fukushima Daiichi really is. Many international observers, by their own radiation readings, believe it is much […] Continue Reading…
Several cities and towns in the Fukushima Prefecture have shown higher levels of contamination that first thought.
The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology has been taking radiation readings around the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. Since 26 March the radiation readings went up to dangerous levels, and stayed up.
This was part of the […] Continue Reading…
Almost as if they intentionally timed their decision with the latest ‘big’ aftershock (two in 4 days now), the Japanese government announced that they will expand the evacuation zone.
The zone will now be 30 kilometers instead of 20km. The expansion applies only to areas within the 30km (18.6 miles) radius that show high levels […] Continue Reading…
”…not yet a situation to be optimistic about…”-Nishiyama Hidehiko, Nuclear Safety Agency
The Japanese media reports a magnitude 7.0 quake (US Geological Survey calling 6.6), it’s the second ‘big’ aftershock in the past 4 days.
The latest aftershock halted work on the damaged nuclear plant in Fukushima Prefecture. TEPCo is not sure how soon they […] Continue Reading…
Egyptians want the Military leaders out of government. The military took over after weeks of protest forced long time President Hosni Mubarak to leave.
It just so happened that Egyptian military leaders were in Washington D.C. at the time the protests started. They helped convince Mubarak to leave, and quickly took over.
Many protesters say that […] Continue Reading…