Growing market of youth adventure travelers
With an eye on the growing market of youth adventure travelers, the Philippines Department of Tourism (PDOT) partners with MTV Networks for a “hip, contemporary” global campaign — MTV Revelations, to promote Philippines as a destination for young adults and music lovers. MTV Revelations is being created for twelve markets: Australia, Canada, China, Hong Kong, [...]
Dimsum Bonds in Hong Kong
CJ Cheiljedang Corp., South Korea’s leading food manufacturer, said Thursday that it has raised 1.1 billion yuan (US$ 170 million) by selling so-called dimsum bonds in Hong Kong. The three-year dimsum bonds, or debts denominated in the yuan and issued in Hong Kong, carry an interest rate of 2.25 percent, CJ Cheiljedang said, adding that [...]
Demand of Chugoku Electric Power
Chugoku Electric Power Co. <9504> said Wednesday that its output capacity is expected to exceed anticipated maximum demand stably this summer. The company’s capacity will likely be 8 to 10 pct above maximum demand in July and August, levels deemed necessary to ensure stable power supplies.
U.S. Marine Corps’ Futenma Air Station in Okinawa Prefecture
Senior U.S. government official Kurt Campbell said Wednesday that the situation is tough over the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps’ Futenma air station in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan. Campbell, assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, also said that he hopes a so-called two-plus-two meeting among the two countries’ foreign and [...]
Japanese Evacuees to Return Home
Prime Minister Naoto Kan said Wednesday that the government will decide in January whether to allow evacuated residents of nuclear accident-stricken municipalities in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, to return home. Kan made the remark when he met with Katsutaka Idogawa, mayor of the town of Futaba, which has Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s <9501> Fukushima No. [...]
Nuclear Radiation Detected in Chinese Vegetables
China’s Ministry of Health said Wednesday that “extremely low levels” of radioactive isotope iodine-131 had been detected in various kinds of vegetables in 12 provincial regions. The radioactive isotope was found in spinach, asparagus, lettuce, cabbage, Chinese cabbage and other vegetables in Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shandong, Henan, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi and Hainan, [...]
Japan Nuclear Radiation Waste Dumped to the Sea
Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s <9501> dumping of low-level radioactive water into the sea drew a strong protest on Wednesday from the National Federation of Fisheries Cooperative Associations, or Zengyoren. “The act is an outrage committed unilaterally without any prior consultation,” Zengyoren President Ikuhiro Hattori said at a meeting with Tokyo Electric Chairman Tsunehisa Katsumata. “It’s [...]
Japan Nuclear Radiation Crisis – Worst Is Yet To Come
Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan said Tuesday that the government will take responsibility to compensate those affected by the ongoing crisis in the crippled nuclear power complex in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan. The prime minister made the remarks at a meeting with Yuko Endo, mayor of the village of Kawauchi, and seven other heads of [...]
Fish Contaminated with Japan Nuclear Radiation
The Japanese government on Tuesday set the maximum allowable level of radioactive iodine-131 at 2,000 becquerels per kilogram for fish amid growing concerns over the spread of radioactive substances from a crippled nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano announced the per-kilogram limit, which is the same as that [...]