The new Prime Minister of Japan, Yoshihiko Noda, is about to publish his national security policy in a Japanese magazine. Reportedly this will include plans to control territories that many Japanese believe inherently belong to Japan.
For several months now, Japan and China have had run ins involving disputes over territorial water, and islands. This […] Continue Reading…
Typhoon Talas, now Tropical Storm Talas, continues to slam Japan. On the Kii Peninsula, in west central Japan, rainfall has topped a record-breaking 1,800 millimeters (5.9 feet) in one village.
Even though the storm is over the Sea of Japan it continues to pummel land with rain as it moves north. Talas is expected to […] Continue Reading…
05 September 2011, Tokyo Electric Power Company says it is growing concerned (finally) about the amount of radioactive water still building up in the basements of the reactor buildings.
TEPCo officials say even if they keep it from running off into the Pacific Ocean, it will eventually soak into the groundwater, which eventually runs into […] Continue Reading…
Japanese media reporting that many areas of Japan, that were hit by typhoon Talas on Friday and Saturday, are still flooding.
The damage is the worst since typhoon Tokage hit in 2004.
At least 34 people were killed, and at least 55 are missing. In Nachikatsuura, Wakayama Prefecture, rescuers found the body of Saki Teramoto, […] Continue Reading…
According to the Associated press, a preliminary Nuclear Regulatory Commission review says that most U.S. nuclear reactors are not as earthquake safe as first thought.
The NRC review was actually started before the recent east coast quake, and the March 11 quake in Japan.
Earthquake safety standards for nuclear reactors were set more than 20 years […] Continue Reading…
In a survey done by Ipsos Mora y Araujo, citizens of 24 countries were asked how they viewed immigrants. The United States did not lead the way with immigrant haters, still more than half of U.S. citizens hate immigrants.
The Ipsos survey asked various questions regarding immigrants, but basically most European and American residents don’t […] Continue Reading…
1,900 Costa Ricans were studied, those who ate a lot of white rice, and those who preferred beans to rice.
In Costa Rica there’s been a trend of increased white rice consumption, instead of beans, and there’s been an increase in diabetes. Researchers wanted to know if there is a connection between white rice and […] Continue Reading…
“Unfortunately, the (UN) resolutions have been used to justify a war of aggression aimed, ultimately at control of (Libya’s) natural resources.”-Ricardo Patino, Ecuadorian Foreign Minister
Ecuadorian officials say they can not recognize the Libyan rebel Trans National Council because they are a creation of foreign intervention. Ecuador believes this is a […] Continue Reading…
September 4, ICRC boss Jakob Kellenberger, announced that the International Committee of the Red Cross is satisfied with the Syrian government’s attempts to protect civilians. This comes after a Syrian military bus was ambushed by ‘democracy loving’ rebels.
There is plenty of evidence that there is an all out war against the Syrian government, not […] Continue Reading…
War is Peace
The splitting up of the world into three great super-states was an event which could be and indeed was foreseen before the middle of the twentieth century. With the absorption of Europe by Russia and of the United States by the British Empire, two of the three existing powers, Eurasia and […] Continue Reading…