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Warning of Covid disaster in Japan as cases explode
Health experts in Japan have said the country is confronting a coronavirus “disaster” and urged the government to take immediate action to stem a surge in infections. The warning came as local media reported that spectators will be banned from almost ...[Read more]
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So many Japanese people die alone, there’s an industry devoted to cleaning up after them
There is a putrid smell emanating from the flat. There is an obvious brown stain on the futon where the body has been. The futon, the clothes, the newspapers and horse-racing stubs are covered with maggots and flies. Still, if the man had died in the su ...[Read more]
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International Community Urges Japan to End Antarctic Whaling
The international community has denounced Japan’s Antarctic whaling program for not complying with the IWC rulings and called on Tokyo to halt the hunting. Japan allegedly seeks to study whale behavior and biology, and set forth a plan last month to kil ...[Read more]
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How Sony, Obama, Seth Rogen and the CIA Secretly Planned to Force Regime Change in North Korea
Let’s start with some basic background. The hostile U.S. relationship with the DPRK dates back to the Korean War, when U.S. bombers turned the country into cinders in a destructive campaign of carpet-bombing that killed millions of people. ...[Read more]
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N. Korea Launches Missile That May Land in Japan’s Exclusive Economic Zone
North Korea has reportedly launched a ballistic missile Tuesday morning, which may land in Japan's exclusive economic zone. The regime has test-fired another ballistic missile off the east coast in validation of international law, according to the South K ...[Read more]
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Fukushima Reactor #2 pressure vessel breached, rising to unimaginable levels of radiation
Radiation levels inside a damaged reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station are at their highest since the plant suffered a triple meltdown almost six years ago. The facility’s operator, Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco), said atmospheric readin ...[Read more]
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New Photos from Hiroshima Atomic Bombing Discovered
About 100 new photos of the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima have been unveiled. These photos, one taken from the plane that dropped the bomb, have sat unseen in a Library of Congress storage facility for decades. ...[Read more]
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All Aboard the Post-TPP World
A half-hearted near handshake between US President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin before and after they spoke «for about four minutes», standing up, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Lima, Peru ...[Read more]
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