japan

  1. Melodi

    INTL More than a dozen feared dead and 13 missing as torrential rain lashes western Japan

    I think this may be part of the same weather system that is a threat to the Three Gorges Dam but I'm not certain of this - this is a growing international news story as the facts come out. - melodi (best viewed at the link this is too long to post - many pictures)...
  2. Doomer Doug

    ALERT Japan to Empty Fukushima Radioactive Water into Pacific Ocean In 2022

    the link is here. https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/japan-set-dump-contaminated-fukushima-19576012 Japan 'set to dump contaminated Fukushima water into ocean as storage runs out' The plant suffered a catastrophic meltdown in 2011 when a 6.6-magnitude earthquake shook the region Countries are...
  3. StarryEyedLad

    INTL Japan Begins Experiment of Opening to Immigration

    https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-05-22/japan-begins-experiment-of-opening-to-immigration
  4. Red Baron

    ALERT Strong earthquake shakes Osaka Japan, Fatalities Reported, Upgraded to 6.1 MAG

    Fair Use Cited ---------------- Strong earthquake shakes Osaka Just before 8 am local time a magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck northern Osaka. It's categorized as a six-minus on a scale of zero to seven on Japan's seismic intensity scale. No tsunami warning has been issued. Hyogo, Kyoto, Shiga...
  5. H

    PREP Forbes - Thanks To N Korea, Nuclear Bunkers Making A Comeback - But How Effective Are They

    Hummm..... For links see article source..... Posted for fair use..... https://www.forbes.com/sites/lamsharon/2017/10/13/thanks-to-north-korea-nuclear-bunkers-are-making-a-comeback-but-how-effective-are-they/#30ddad0e5ddd OCT 13, 2017 @ 01:37 AM Thanks To North Korea, Nuclear Bunkers Are...
  6. H

    OP-ED Do Japan and South Korea Need Nuclear Weapons? - Cyber Brief

    For links see article source..... Posted for fair use..... https://www.thecipherbrief.com/article/asia/japan-south-korea-need-nuclear-weapons Do Japan and South Korea Need Nuclear Weapons? OCTOBER 6, 2017 | FRITZ LODGE The North Korean regime of Kim Jong-un conducted its sixth underground...
  7. H

    INTL The Russia-China plan for North Korea: stability, connectivity

    For links see article source..... Posted for fair use..... http://www.atimes.com/article/russia-china-plan-north-korea-stability-connectivity/ The Russia-China plan for North Korea: stability, connectivity Moscow has been busy building agreements that would extend Eurasian connectivity...
  8. H

    WAR North Korea Main Thread - All things Korea June 3rd - June 9th

    North Korea Main Thread - All things Korea May 27th - June 2nd http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showthread.php?517881-North-Korea-Main-Thread-All-things-Korea-May-27th-June-2nd --- For links see article source..... Posted for fair use...
  9. H

    WAR North Korea Main Thread - All things Korea May 27th - June 2nd

    North Korea Main Thread - All things Korea May 20th - May 26th http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showthread.php?517499-North-Korea-Main-Thread-All-things-Korea-May-20th-May-26th --- USS NIMITZ headed to Korea - US to deploy 3rd carrier group to deter North Korea Started by Lilbitsnana‎, Today...
  10. H

    WAR North Korea Main Thread - All things Korea May 5th - May 11th

    North Korea Main Thread - All things Korea April 27th - May 4th http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showthread.php?515954-North-Korea-Main-Thread-All-things-Korea-April-27th-May-4th Damn! Somebody finally figured Nor. Korea out. Started by Troke‎, 05-03-2017 05:03 AM...
  11. H

    WAR North Korea Main Thread - All things Korea April 27th - May 4th

    North Korea Main Thread - All things Korea April 20th - 26th http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showthread.php?515513-North-Korea-Main-Thread-All-things-Korea-April-20th-26th NORTH KOREA CARRIES OUT MASSIVE ARTILLERY DRILL Started by iboya‎, Yesterday 06:20 AM...
  12. H

    WAR North Korea Main Thread - All things Korea April 20th - 26th - CLOSED

    North Korea Main Thread - All things Korea April 12th - 19th Started by Warm Wisconsiný, 04-12-2017 05:35 PM http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showthread.php?515136-North-Korea-Main-Thread-All-things-Korea-April-12th-19th (Figured I'd better start the next week thread else something might...
  13. H

    TECH Japanese Cargo Ship Launches Toward Space Station

    For links see article source..... Posted for fair use..... http://www.space.com/34967-japan-launches-htv6-cargo-ship-space-station.html Japanese Cargo Ship Launches Toward Space Station By Mike Wall, Space.com Senior Writer | December 9, 2016 09:00am ET A robotic Japanese cargo spacecraft...
  14. H

    Clinton blasted PRC over N. Korea, slammed Japan over ‘nationalist pressures,’ hacked emai

    For links see article source..... Posted for fair use..... http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/10/15/asia-pacific/clinton-blasted-china-north-korea-slammed-japan-nationalist-pressures-hacked-emails-show/#.WAJUloWcHmI Asia Pacific Clinton blasted China over North Korea, slammed Japan over...
  15. H

    OP-ED Go Ahead. Let Japan and South Korea Go Nuclear

    For links see article source..... Posted for fair use..... http://nationalinterest.org/feature/go-ahead-let-japan-south-korea-go-nuclear-17897?page=show Go Ahead. Let Japan and South Korea Go Nuclear. Nonproliferation zealots are making sure nuclear weapons now proliferate only to totalitarian...
  16. Melodi

    SCI Ancient Roman Coins found in Japanese Excavation

    I think it is hilarious that the first reports of this were thought to be a hoax; I mean it is well known at this point that there was trade between China and the Ancient Roman Empire, and China traded with Japan- makes perfect sense; I mean after all two Chinese skeletons were buried in Roman...
  17. H

    WAR North Korea Successfully Tests Road Mobile Musudan IRBM (22 June 2016)

    Dave Schmerler ‏@DaveSchmerler 31m31 minutes ago New Images Showing the #Musudan test (1/2) @ArmsControlWonk @mhanham @Joshua_Pollack @GeorgeWHerbertpic.twitter.com/8qRyq7SbWX https://twitter.com/DaveSchmerler/status/745767520825548801/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw...
  18. H

    GOV/MIL Japan succeeds in test flight of first stealth fighter jet

    Recall that the Japanese wanted the same deal with the F-22 that they've had with the F-104, F-4, F-15 and F-16..... For links see article source..... Posted for fair use..... https://www.yahoo.com/news/japan-succeeds-test-flight-first-stealth-fighter-jet-060235740.html?nhp=1 Japan succeeds in...
  19. H

    INTL Japanese Gov't Legal Watchdog - No specific ban on Nuclear Weapons in Constitution

    For links see article source..... Posted for fair use..... http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/politics/AJ201603190027 No specific ban on N-weapons, says key Cabinet legal expert March 19, 2016 THE ASAHI SHIMBUN The head of the nation's legal watchdog said Japan's Constitution does not...
  20. H

    INTL Japan PM Shinzo Abe urges talks for Russia peace treaty

    For links see article source..... Posted for fair use..... http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-35219262 Japan PM Shinzo Abe urges talks for Russia peace treaty 43 minutes ago From the section Asia Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has called for talks with Russia's President Vladimir Putin so...
  21. H

    ENVR Extremely rare giant squid sighting caught on camera

    For links see article source..... Posted for fair use..... http://theweek.com/speedreads/596470/extremely-rare-giant-squid-sighting-caught-camera monsters of the deep Extremely rare giant squid sighting caught on camera 1:33 a.m. ET When diver Akinobu Kimura saw a giant squid swimming near...
  22. H

    OP-ED Why Post-WWII Reconciliation Failed in East Asia

    For links see article source..... Posted for fair use..... http://thediplomat.com/2015/12/why-post-wwii-reconciliation-failed-in-east-asia/ Why Post-WWII Reconciliation Failed in East Asia The legacy of the war endures, impacting modern regional relations. By Robert Farley December 19, 2015...
  23. MinnesotaSmith

    EDUC Japan shutting down most college liberal arts studies departments

    From http://voxday.blogspot.com/2015/09/japan-cuts-through-convergence.html#comment-form Wednesday, September 16, 2015 Japan cuts through the convergence "The West would be much better off if it followed suit and shut down all of the social sciences and humanities at its universities as well:"...
  24. H

    INTL Japan's Abe airs Abenomics 2.0 plan for $5 trillion economy

    Putting this together with the radical changes being pushed by the Japanese education ministry on their public universities and the change in their constitution with regards to their military the dots all start to line up like arc lights.... For links see article source..... Posted for fair...
  25. H

    INTL Japan enacts bills easing pacifist constitution's limits on military

    Lilbitsnana posted this over at the WoW thread for this week.... The security situation in East Asia has now officially changed..... For links see article source..... Posted for fair use..... http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/09/18/us-japan-security-idUSKCN0RI03120150918 World | Fri Sep...
  26. H

    GOV/MIL Notebooks uncovered in library show how close Japan was to building wartime nuclear bomb

    Hummm..... For links see article source..... Posted for fair use..... http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1830460/discovered-notebooks-show-how-close-japan-got-acquiring-nuclear-bomb Notebooks uncovered in university library show how close Japan was to building wartime nuclear bomb...
  27. H

    OT/MISC Cat stationmaster Tama mourned in Japan, elevated as goddess

    For links see article source..... Posted for fair use..... http://www.chron.com/news/world/article/Japan-mourns-passing-of-Tama-the-cat-6353990.php#photo-8227858 Cat stationmaster Tama mourned in Japan, elevated as goddess By MARI YAMAGUCHI, Associated Press | June 28, 2015 | Updated: June 28...
  28. H

    INTL Philippines wants defense pact for Japanese troops

    :dot5: :dot5: :dot5: :dot5: :dot5: :dot5: :dot5: WOW!!!! For links see article source..... Posted for fair use..... http://apnews.myway.com/article/20150605/as-japan-philippines-military-43eec1a101.html Philippines wants defense pact for Japanese troops Jun 5, 6:11 AM (ET) By MARI YAMAGUCHI...
  29. H

    OP-ED Imagine: F-22 Raptors For Export

    For links see article source..... Posted for fair use..... http://thediplomat.com/2015/05/imagine-f-22-raptors-for-export/ Imagine: F-22 Raptors For Export So, who wants the F-22 Raptor? By Robert Farley May 08, 2015 800 Shares 43 Comments What if the U.S. Congress had never passed the Obey...
  30. H

    INTL Japan: People moving into Internet Cafes because they can'f afford anything else

    For links see article source..... Posted for fair use..... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/peoplesdaily/article-3021375/Japan-s-internet-caf-refugees-workers-forced-dark-tiny-cubicles-t-afford-pay-rent.html Japan's internet café refugees: The workers forced to move into tiny, dark cubicles...
  31. Doomer Doug

    ENVR FUKUSHIMA KEEPS GETTING WORSE. Sardine fishery in total collapse on West coast of US, #217

    Radioactive water discharge from Fukushima Daiichi NPP into ocean continues World TEPCO HAS BEEN ACTING BAD AGAIN! RADIOACTIVE WATER FLOW INTO PACIFIC OCEAN INCREASES. November 14, 9:26 UTC+3 According to specialists, the volume of contaminated liquid that is leaking into the ocean is...
  32. mzkitty

    INTL A first - Japanese man gets 2-years in prison for creating and printing 3-D gun

    4h Japanese man becomes 1st known person to be jailed for making a 3D-printed gun, given 2-year sentence from Yokohama District Court - @TelegraphNews --------- Japanese man becomes first person to be jailed for making gun from 3D printer Yoshitomo Imura sentenced to two years for creating a...
  33. Doomer Doug

    ECON NIKKEI ROCK AND ROLL PART SIX

    :eek: Japan's Nikkei 225 has gone down 98 points and .75 percent in the FIRST EIGHT MINUTES OF TRADING. PUMP MONKEYS! WHERE ARE THE PUMP MONKEYS? Like the late US Senator from Illinois Everett Dirkson said back in the 1970s, "A few billion here, and a few billion there; you are starting to...
  34. Doomer Doug

    ECON NIKKEI ROCKS AND ROLLS!

    HERE WE GO AGAIN!!! THE PUMP MONKEYS ARE IN ACTION. No surprise on the open. The futures were up due to massive intervention by the BOJ etc. All this proves is if you spray enough lighter fluid on the barbeque you will get a 12 foot high flame. All these types are expecting further government...
  35. Doomer Doug

    ECON JAPAN'S NIKKEI IN CHAOS AGAIN 5-28-13

    In the morning trading session Japan's Nikkei rocketed up 400 points from 13,950 to 14,350. It next went down from 14,350 to 14, 050 for a loss of 300 points. Now it is headed back up 175 points to 14,189. This is a level of chaos that is simply not sustainable for a modern stock market. The...
  36. Doomer Doug

    ECON JAPAN'S NIKKEI TANKS PART TWO

    Doomer Doug thinks the people in Japan didn't like what they saw happen on Friday in the Nikkei 225. They spent all weekend thinking about it. They didn't like what they were thinking. Sure enough, gang. Right off the opening bell the Nikkei started in a downward direction. The morning session...
  37. twincougars

    WEATHER Record snowfall in Japan

    https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Record_snowfall_in_Japan:_in_pictures Tuesday, March 5, 2013 Japan Snow has accumulated to record depths, in excess of five metres, in the Hakkoda mountain range of Aomori Prefecture in Northern Japan. More snow fell in northern Japan over the weekend, and at least...
  38. Tom Bryceland

    DISASTER Pressure in Mount Fuji is now higher than last eruption, warn experts

    ((This is the last things those poor sods in Japan need right now.)) http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2012-09/06/mount-fuji The pressure in Mount Fuji's magma chamber is now higher than it was in 1707, the last time the nearly 4,000-metre-high Japanese volcano erupted, causing...
  39. M

    FOOD Dial 'R', for Radioactive Beef - U.S. to begin importing Fukushima beef

    Like your steak 'hot'? This might just be the 'hottest' steak you've ever had. They say it's tested, but we've seen how 'official testing' works........it doesn't. http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20121014_20.html Fukushima exports 1st beef in 30 months Oct. 14, 2012 - Updated...
  40. O

    DISASTER EPA's RadNet Monitoring Data (monitoring radiation in US from Japan disaster)

    For those of you who can decipher this raw data from monitoring stations all across the US and trust territories. http://www.epa.gov/japan2011/rert/radnet-data-map.html I wonder if the spikes following the major earthquake correspond to aftershocks?
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