“What we want is civilians’ protection not shelling more civilians.” said Amr Moussa, the head of the Arab League.
Moussa said international military actions have gone beyond any so called no fly zone, and are actually causing more civilian deaths. This is exactly what critics of the resolution warned of.
French president Sarkozy […] Continue Reading…
Swedish fashion chain Hennes and Mauritz AB says it had to closed nine of its 10 stores in Tokyo, Japan.
Employees were concerned about the nuclear crisis, and left. H&M operates more than 2,200 stores in 38 countries.
Not only have the agriculture industry, in north east Honshu, been hit by a natural disaster, they are suffering from the nuclear disaster as well.
Many farm fields were wiped out by the tsunami. Because sea walls are destroyed, and land has actually sunk, the coastal areas could be under water for a time, especially […] Continue Reading…
Switzerland announced that they are moving their embassy to a hotel in Osaka.
This is because of the ongoing nuclear disaster. Germany announced they are doing the same.
Japanese Self Defense Forces Combat Nuclear Biological Chemical monitoring teams have been monitoring radiation levels to help protect workers fighting the nuclear disaster.
The military NBC units have been using lead suits, that weigh 48 pounds, and special armored cars that are equipped with NBC monitoring gear. They are trying to make sure workers are […] Continue Reading…
Workers evacuated from Fukushima Daiichi immediately after the 9.0 quake/tsunami, say the reactors were already in trouble.
One worker said Reactor 1 suffered a hydrogen explosion the day after the tsunami. He saw white smoke coming from reactor 1 while the tsunami swept by. He also said because reactors were undergoing maintenance they were more […] Continue Reading…
Officials dealing with the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, said they will use military battle tanks as bulldozers, to clear away debris from around the reactors.
Japan’s military tanks have NBC protection. In the western militaries NBC stands for Nuclear Biological Chemical. They have filtration and sealing systems to help prevent crews from contamination on the […] Continue Reading…
The 9.0 quake that struck Japan could very easily cost more than $100 billion in damages. Don’t expect that insurance policy to cover it.
Insurance companies might cover as little as $12 billion of losses.
Eqecat, a catastrophe-modeling firm, estimated that the quake may trigger only $12 billion to $25 billion of insured losses.
And […] Continue Reading…
Fears of radiation contamination in fish supplies has Sushi restaurants dropping fresh fish from their menus.
So far, the prevailing winds have been blowing radiation from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, out over the Pacific Ocean, prompting concerns by those who rely on fish from the ocean.
Those concerns are also being expressed by […] Continue Reading…
A week after the 9.0 quake, computer system problems continue for Japanese banks.
Mizuho Bank is unable to process salary payments for more than half a million people.
Also, Internet banking and ATMs would be offline over Japan’s upcoming three-day weekend.
On Thursday, Mizuho bank’s nationwide ATM network of more than 5,600 machines went offline until midday, […] Continue Reading…