In Japan, there was a release of radiation into the atmosphere
Posted by: rsa76
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated 2013-05-25 10:41:46 -0700 | disasters-news
In the laboratory, the Japanese company Japan Atomic Power leaked radiation. Initially, members of the organization argued that the spread of radiation was not, but then confirmed that part of the dangerous particles is accidentally spilled into the atmosphere. Representatives...
History shows one man's rape is another's wooing
Source: Japan Times
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated 2013-05-25 08:58:20 -0700 | disasters-news
The evolution of political thought in this relatively isolated island nation during the period in question is unique to the point of being somewhat freakish...The judgment is historian Hiroshi Watanabe's in A History of Japanese Political Thought, 1600-1901, his 2010...
Japan's peace pledge under attack
Source: Open Democracy
Fukushima :: Japan | updated 2013-05-23 21:18:52 -0700 | disasters-news
Japan adopted its war-renouncing constitution following World War II, with Article 9 as a promise to itself and a pledge to the world to never repeat its mistakes. The debate provoked by Prime Minister Abe Shinzo over amending this famous...
PM on UPA's fourth anniversary: We have taken India forward
Source: Rediff
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated 2013-05-22 08:25:43 -0700 | disasters-news
We present verbatim Prime Minister Manmohan Singh [ Images ]'s speech on the fourth anniversary of UPA II government, ahead of the dinner organised by the government to celebrate its achievements...T his Report to the People is the last before...
Crime › Man kills 3 family members, then himself
Source: Japan Today
Chiba :: Japan | updated 2013-05-16 23:15:52 -0700 | disasters-news
Police said Friday they have found four dead bodies in an apartment in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, in what is believed to have been a family murder-suicide. Fuji TV reported that a building manager discovered the bodies of two adults and...
In case of fire on board the ship "taigan" in the Japanese port killed six Russian sailors
Posted by: rsa76
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated 2013-05-24 06:34:18 -0700 | disasters-news
Six people were killed today in a fire on the ship "taigan" with the Russian-Ukrainian crew, which stood at the pier in the Japanese port of Wakkanai. Their bodies were found by rescuers, told Itar-Tass in the local branch of...
As North Korea heats up, South Korea and Japan should warm ties
Source: The Christian Science Monitor
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated 2013-05-23 23:17:56 -0700 | disasters-news
But Japanese officials' recent insensitivity to Imperial Japan's painful role in World War II, including forcing South Koreans to become 'comfort women,' works against cooperation...Late in April, as the North Koreans appeared to be preparing to test new medium-range ballistic...
Japan used sex slaves at wartime on the battlefields
Posted by: prabirghose
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated 2013-05-23 23:33:05 -0700 | disasters-news
A statement by Toru Hashimoto, the mayor of Osaka, has taken not only Japan but the world by storm – he has said that "comfort women" are required on the war-fronts to keep the soldiers happy and remain focused on...
NY1 Receives Awards For Sandy, Japan Coverage
Source: NY1
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated 2013-05-14 17:17:04 -0700 | disasters-news
NY1 has been honored by an association of city journalists for its coverage of Hurricane Sandy. The New York Press Club gave the "Special Superstorm Sandy Award" for Spot News to NY1. The judges found NY1's work the best in...
Clive Doucet: Canadian History is Not Just About Wars and Battles
Source: HNN
Date :: Japan | updated 2013-05-14 16:13:04 -0700 | disasters-news
His book Notes From Exile was chosen by McClelland and Stewart to be among their top 100 to celebrate their 100th anniversary of Canadian publishing...Second World War; my father-in-law, an infantryman, was awarded the Military Cross. In the earlier war,...
Japan mayor says wartime sex slaves necessary
Source: World News
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated 2013-05-14 09:45:31 -0700 | disasters-news
The Japanese military 's forced prostitution of Asian women before and during World War II was necessary to "maintain discipline" in the ranks and provide rest for soldiers, an outspoken nationalist mayor has said. The comments made on Monday are...
Japanese mayor says wartime sex slaves 'necessary'
Source: Fox
Ōsaka :: Japan | updated 2013-05-24 04:22:07 -0700 | disasters-news
An outspoken nationalist mayor said the Japanese military's forced prostitution of Asian women before and during World War II was necessary to "maintain discipline" in the ranks and provide rest for soldiers who risked their lives in battle. The comments...
Crime › Murder suspect commits suicide in hospital
Source: Japan Today
Fukuoka :: Japan | updated 2013-05-13 22:58:51 -0700 | disasters-news
A woman who was arrested for murder has committed suicide in hospital in Fukuchi, Fukuoka Prefecture, police said Tuesday. The woman, who has been named as 55-year-old Mayumi Fujimura, was accused of murdering her 78-year-old mother in February this year,...
Quake resistance check begins on A-Bomb Dome
Source: Japan Times
Hiroshima :: Japan | updated 2013-05-13 09:04:12 -0700 | disasters-news
Wall samples will be collected from 15 locations in four sections that were found to be weak against jolts in a computer analysis carried out by the city. The samples will be obtained by hollowing the walls in a cylindrical...
Gary A. Warner: What's new and notable in Hawaii
Source: The Bellingham Herald
Matsumoto :: Japan | updated 2013-05-13 05:33:44 -0700 | disasters-news
The Orange County Register The traffic on H-1, a Hawaiian interstate that connects with no other state, is still horrendous...Otherwise things were pretty much as wonderful as usual during my recent trip to Hawaii. Along with a puka shell necklace...
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