238km (148 miles) away from the damaged nuclear plant in Fukushima, leafy vegetables in Tokyo have tested positive for cesium contamination.
Radiation is spreading across Japan, even though winds had been blowing out towards the Pacific most of the time. Also, more prefectures nearer to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant are turning up signs of […] Continue Reading…
The Federal Reserve Bank, a privately run bank established by Congress, feels better about the economic recovery. Why? They made a $81.7 billion profit in 2010.
The Federal Reserve makes profit by charging interest on the money it loans to other banks and financial institutions. It can also make money buying and selling U.S. bonds.
As […] Continue Reading…
Mayors of several Japanese townships, hit by the 9.0 quake/tsunami, are considering the reality that the survivors of their towns will have to relocate, especially those being affected by radiation contamination from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.
Survivors told reporters that they are now “drifters” because everything was destroyed; they have no homes, no jobs. […] Continue Reading…
There are a lot of examples of how Japanese government officials failed in their reaction to the 9.0 quake/tsunami. The Yakuza even made a show of their own fast disaster relief response.
However, even the Yakuza are no match for Mother Earth. Yakuza leaders are admitting that they are having trouble getting to the hardest […] Continue Reading…
People who just have to have a hybrid car will be glad to know that Toyota plans to start making them again.
Toyota’s hybrids are made in Japan, and production was shut down due to parts shortage (thank Mother Earth, 11 March 2011 quake-tsunami). They plan to resume production on Monday.
Production of non-hybrid Toyota vehicles, […] Continue Reading…
Some farming villages that escaped the tsunami, did not escape radiation from Fukukshima Daiichi nuclear plant.
What has people amazed is that these farming villages are outside the government’s 30km nuclear disaster zone.
Soil samples have revealed that radiation levels are more than 1,000 times normal. Wind and rain is suspected for bringing the radiation outside […] Continue Reading…
TEPCO officials report more problems with trying to get their nuclear plant under control.
Reactor 2 continues to emit more and more radiation. Officials are unable to find out why, because radiation levels are so high that no one can go near the reactor.
Several works have been sent to the hospital because of exposure to […] Continue Reading…
Despite the fact that Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant is built on the coast line, TEPCO, and government officials, dismissed concerns over possible tsunami.
Seismologist, Okamura Yukinobu, warned of a debilitating tsunami in June 2009. He also requested that nuclear plant disaster plans be reviewed for tsunami readiness.
Japanese officials dismissed his request because they did not […] Continue Reading…
Tanaka Mitsuhiko is an engineer who helped build reactor 4’s containment vessel in 1974. Tanaka says he helped hide a defect in the steel used to make the containment vessel.
Reactor 4 at the Fukushima Daiichi was shut for maintenance when the March 11 quake triggered a tsunami that lead to explosions and radiation leaks.
Tanaka […] Continue Reading…
NHK reporting that their helicopter crew confirms that there is white smoke come from reactors 1, 2, 3 & 4. This is the first time smoke has come from reactor 1.
Cabinet Secretary, Yukio Edano, announced that reactor 1 is showing pressure increase, even after temperatures were brought down with water. The problem now is […] Continue Reading…