Tag Archive | Japan
Top 25 Censored News 2011: #8 The Fairytale of Clean and Safe Nuclear Power
Nuclear power presents a security threat of unprecedented proportions: It’s capable of a catastrophic accident that can kill hundreds of thousands of people, with a byproduct that is toxic for millennia. To call nuclear power “clean” is an affront to science, common sense, and the English language itself, yet industry backers, inside and outside of [...]
Japan Still Struggling to Control Crippled Nuclear Plant
Source: VOA – By Steve Herman Small and peaceful anti-nuclear protests continue to be staged in Japan. The demonstrations are being held as troubles continue at and around the Fukushima-1 nuclear power plant in the northeastern part of the country. It has been leaking radiation into the air and sea since it was severely damaged [...]
New Video Shows Disaster at Fukushima Nuclear Plant; Japan Tightens Regulations
Source: VOA Newly released video of Japan’s March 11 earthquake and tsunami is giving the world a better look at its devastating impact on the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. The brief clip put out by the Tokyo Electric Power Company Saturday shows a wall of water slamming into the plant, easily overwhelming the facility’s protective [...]
Anime Fair Withdrawal Continues
Source: digital spy – By Hugh Armitage A third of the scheduled exhibitors have withdrawn from the Tokyo International Anime Fair. The Independent reports that 91 of the companies who were to participate in the event have pulled out in protest over a new law imposing stricter censorship on manga. By December, ten major publishers [...]
Jan 7, 1989: Emperor Hirohito Dies
Showa Tenno Hirohito, the 124th Japanese monarch in an imperial line dating back to 660 B.C., dies after serving six decades as the emperor of Japan. He was the longest serving monarch in Japanese history. Made regent in 1921, Hirohito was enthroned as emperor in 1928, two years after the death of his father, Emperor [...]
Dec 26, 1972: Truman Dies
On this day in 1972, former President Harry S. Truman dies in Independence, Missouri. Then-President Richard Nixon called Truman a man of “forthrightness and integrity” who had a deep respect for the office he held and for the people he served, and who “supported and wisely counseled each of his successors.” Truman was born in [...]
Dec 11, 1941: Germany Declares War on The United States
On this day, Adolf Hitler declares war on the United States, bringing America, which had been neutral, into the European conflict. The bombing of Pearl Harbor surprised even Germany. Although Hitler had made an oral agreement with his Axis partner Japan that Germany would join a war against the United States, he was uncertain as [...]
