Mazda Motor will temporarily stop accepting orders from the United States due to a shortage of auto parts, caused by the disasters.
Mazda models being affected by the shut down including the SUV models CX-7 and CX-9, and the Mazda3.
11 March 2011 Tsunami flooded 300 square miles, 70% still underwater!
A satellite imaging (geospatial) company in Japan, PASCO, has looked at the tsunami hit areas of north east Honshu.
The images show that at least 470 square kilometers (292 square miles) of land is affected by the March 11 tsunami.
Fukushima Prefecture suffered 110 square km (68 square miles) of tsunami damage, while Iwate Prefecture has […] Continue Reading…
Major Earthquake fault line shifts 98 feet
The 9.0 quake and tsunami that hit north east Honshu, on March 11, was the result of the fault line shifting 30 meters (98.4 feet).
Japan’s Meteorological Agency said the event started off Miyagi Prefecture with activity stretching 200km (124 miles) north, and then 150km (93 miles) south of Iwate Prefecture. Next, a 100km (62 […] Continue Reading…
Iodine-131 in water near Nuclear Power Plant, more evidence that Reactor Cores are leaking!
The water along the shore line of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has high levels of iodine-131.
Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency said that iodine 131 in excess of 1,250 times regulated standards was found in the ocean 330 meters (1082.68 feet) south of a plant water outlet on Friday.
Iodine-131 has a short half […] Continue Reading…
Japanese government names new people for Nuclear Power Plant and Disaster control, says nuclear power companies not honest with government!
Japan’s Prime Minister, Kan Naoto, named new people to take over the nuclear plant control and disaster control, within his cabinet. I didn’t hear the translation clearly, as to who is taking over, I think the names are Hosono and Magachi. The reason for the changes is that prior officials in those cabinet posts […] Continue Reading…
Iran delivers food to Miyagi, Japan
Iranian Ambassador to Tokyo, Abbas Araqchi, announced that the first cargo of Iran’s humanitarian aid for Japan has arrived.
The aid consists of 50,000 canned fish and beans. Araqchi says he and the Iranian Deputy Head of International Red Crescent Society, Mahmoud Mozaffari, will be on hand when the food is delivered to Miyagi Prefecture.
Iran […] Continue Reading…
Nuclear Disaster Reactor privately run, yet taxpayer funded agencies doing most of the disaster work!
Tokyo Electric Power Company is a private corporation. They run many nuclear plants in Japan, along with the failing Fukushima Daiichi plant. You’d think the corporations would have their own people to deal with things like the current disaster.
So far who’s done the most work to try and bring the nuclear plant under control? […] Continue Reading…
Want that new Ford in Black, or Red? You’ll have to wait, even paint supplies are running short
It was looking like Ford would escape supply problems from Japan, nope. Ford announced that specific colors for their new vehicles will be in short supply, due to the disasters in Japan.
Yes, even paint comes from Japan.
An ingredient used to make Ford’s Tuxedo Black, and three shades of red, come from Japan. That ingredient […] Continue Reading…
Evidence radioactive water came from Reactor Core, more Reactors in trouble
The basement of reactor 3 is flooded with water, with radiation 10,000 times higher than “normal”. Three workers from the Fukushima Daiichi were sent to the hospital with Beta Burns, as a result. There is now evidence that the radioactive water came from the reactor core.
There are high levels of iodine-131 in the water. […] Continue Reading…
List of countries banning food from Japan grows
Most Asian countries have banned food from specific Japanese prefectures, some Asian countries banned all food from Japan.
The United States has banned products from radiation zones.
The European Union is the latest group of countries to announce testing and bans of foods from 12 Japanese prefectures.
The food ban will probably not affect Japan’s export business, […] Continue Reading…