A Japanese government panel investigating last year’s meltdown of three reactors at Japan’s Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant says Tokyo Electric Power officials ignored the risks of a nuclear accident because they believed in what the report called the “myth of nuclear safety.” The report, issued Monday, said TEPCO and Japan’s Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency […]
New Report Condemns Japanese Government, TEPCO for Nuclear Disaster
Posted July 23rd, 2012 at 3:05 am (UTC-5)
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China Approves City Council, Military Base in Disputed Islands
Posted July 22nd, 2012 at 5:20 pm (UTC-5)
China says it has formed a municipal council for a newly established city in a disputed part of the South China Sea, and has authorized the deployment of a military base in the area. In a report published Sunday, China’s official Xinhua news agency says 1,100 residents of several islands known in Chinese as Xisha, […]
Torrential Rains Kill 37 in Beijing
Posted July 22nd, 2012 at 12:25 pm (UTC-5)
Authorities in Beijing say the death toll from the heaviest rains in six decades has reached 37. China’s official Xinhua news agency reports 25 people drowned, six died in house collapses, five were electrocuted and one person was killed by lightning. The torrential downpours began on Saturday, dumping an average of 17 centimeters of rain […]
Torrential Rains Kill 10 in Beijing
Posted July 22nd, 2012 at 8:15 am (UTC-5)
The heaviest rains to hit Beijing in more than six decades killed 10 people and forced the evacuation of at least 50,000. China’s official Xinhua news agency reports Sunday that massive flooding trapped scores of residents and left cars floating in the streets. It also reports that Beijing international airport canceled hundreds of flights, stranding […]
Burma’s President Visits Thailand
Posted July 22nd, 2012 at 5:00 am (UTC-5)
Burma’s President Thein Sein arrived in Thailand Sunday for a three-day visit, after postponing the trip twice. The Burmese leader will meet with Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Monday. The two are likely to discuss development and investment in Burma and the status of hundreds of thousands of ethnic Rohinghya refugees who fled ethnic […]
Torrential Rains Kill 10 in Beijing
Posted July 22nd, 2012 at 4:40 am (UTC-5)
The heaviest rains to hit Beijing in more than six decades have killed at least 10 people and forced the evacuation of tens of thousands. The official Xinhua news agency reported Sunday that the storms, which began Saturday, could continue through Monday. The government says Beijing’s suburban Fangshan district received 46 centimeters of rain Saturday, […]
US Fighter Jet Crashes Off Japan
Posted July 22nd, 2012 at 4:20 am (UTC-5)
Officials say a U.S. Air Force fighter jet crashed into the Pacific Ocean off Japan late Sunday morning, but the pilot managed to eject safely. American and Japanese officials say the Lockheed-Martin F-16 crashed soon after taking off from Misawa Air Base in northern Aomori Prefecture late Sunday morning. Japan’s coast guard said the single […]
Burma’s President Visits Thailand
Posted July 21st, 2012 at 11:15 pm (UTC-5)
Burma’s President Thein Sein begins a three-day visit to Thailand Sunday, after postponing the trip twice. The Burmese leader will meet with Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Monday. The two are likely to discuss investment in Burma and the status of hundreds of thousands of ethnic Rohinghya refugees who fled ethnic violence in Burma. […]
Japan Sends Cargo to Space Station
Posted July 21st, 2012 at 1:15 am (UTC-5)
Japan has successfully launched an H-2B rocket to deliver an unmanned supply vessel to the International Space Station. The rocket lifted off late Saturday morning from the Tanegashima Space Center in southwestern Japan. The cargo vessel contains supplies such as food, clothing and tools necessary for experiments to be done in space. The cargo should […]
Chinese Dissident Loses Tax Appeal
Posted July 20th, 2012 at 8:30 am (UTC-5)
The lawyer for Chinese artist and dissident Ai Weiwei said his client lost his appeal Friday against a multi-million-dollar tax evasion fine on a company he founded. Pu Zhiqiang said the Beijing Chaoyang District court rejected an appeal against the fine levied on Fake Cultural Development Limited, a firm that markets Ai’s art. Ai told […]
