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After tsunami, nuke plant chief in Japan calls damage ’serious’
Monday, 20 Aug, 2012 – 1:00 | No Comment
After tsunami, nuke plant chief in Japan calls damage ’serious’

TOKYO –  the emergency command center at Japan’s stricken nuclear plant shook violently when hydrogen exploded at one reactor and the plant chief reacted by shouting, “This is serious, this is serious,” reveal videos taken …

Japanese women lose life expectancy lead after tsunami
Monday, 30 Jul, 2012 – 12:00 | No Comment
Japanese women lose life expectancy lead after tsunami

The massive loss of life in last year’s tsunami disaster in Japan has trimmed the average life expectancy of the country’s women, knocking them off the top of the global longevity chart for the first …

Wives of Israeli and Japanese Ambassadors to Washington Visit IsraAID Program in Japan
Friday, 27 Jul, 2012 – 5:00 | No Comment
Wives of Israeli and Japanese Ambassadors to Washington Visit IsraAID Program in Japan

On June 19th, the wives of the Israeli and Japanese Ambassadors to Washington, mrs. Sally Oren and mrs. Yoriko Fujisaki, visited IsraAID programs in Japan’s Tohoku region which was devastated by the last year’s Tsunami. …

B.C. forms task force for tsunami debris cleanup
Monday, 23 Jul, 2012 – 10:00 | No Comment
B.C. forms task force for tsunami debris cleanup

B.C.’s environment minister is touring remote coastal communities in Haida Gwaii today to hash out how best to deal with debris that has washed ashore from last year’s Japanese earthquake and tsunami.
Under pressure from critics …

California braces for tsunami debris
Saturday, 23 Jun, 2012 – 2:00 | No Comment
California braces for tsunami debris

SANTA CRUZ – The flotsam of the Japanese tsunami has so far included a massive dock, an empty ship and teenager’s soccer ball, the latter of which was returned to its owner even as the …

They’re Back! Japanese Luxury Shoppers Return, Fussier Than Ever
Thursday, 31 May, 2012 – 20:00 | No Comment
They’re Back! Japanese Luxury Shoppers Return, Fussier Than Ever

By Yoree Koh
Japan’s luxury market didn’t take the expected thwacking following last year’s earthquake and tsunami, but fancy businesses take note: the next generation of well-heeled consumers will be much choosier than before.
BloombergShoppers walk in …

Some Japanese towns to stay dangerously radioactive for at least a decade
Saturday, 5 May, 2012 – 6:01 | No Comment
Some Japanese towns to stay dangerously radioactive for at least a decade

A volunteer monitors the radiation levels in the exclusion zone near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant on March 12, 2012.
(Credit:CBS)
(CBS News) as Japan continues to clean up after the deadly earthquake and tsunami that killed …

LinkedIn IPO recalls credit as much as dotcom boom
Friday, 27 Apr, 2012 – 3:00 | No Comment
LinkedIn IPO recalls credit as much as dotcom boom

By Rob Cox and Lisa LeeThe authors are Reuters Breakingviews columnists. the opinions expressed are their own.
It’s easy to make the parallel between today’s Internet stock frenzy and the bubble that popped a decade ago. …

Tsunami preparedness week offers North Coast important chance to test alerts
Sunday, 15 Apr, 2012 – 7:00 | No Comment
Tsunami preparedness week offers North Coast important chance to test alerts

Today begins tsunami preparedness week in California. For the next week I am updating the series of My Word articles I wrote last year to discuss the lessons learned in the year since the Japan …

Linkin Park is Scoring Transformers 2 with Hans Zimmer?!
Wednesday, 29 Feb, 2012 – 4:00 | No Comment
Linkin Park is Scoring Transformers 2 with Hans Zimmer?!

by Alex Billington April 26, 2009
One of my own favorite rock songs of 2007 was actually Linkin Park’s “What I’ve Done”, which was the theme song for Transformers. It went over well for everyone involved, …