Japanese Power Companies to Resume Bond Issuance
Japanese power companies are hoping to resume bond issuance, something that has been effectively impossible since the radiation crisis began in March at Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s <9501> Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, informed sources said Tuesday. Kansai Electric Power Co. <9503> is preparing to issue bonds in June, anticipating an improvement in the [...]
PAL Fare Discount to Japan
The country’s flag carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) slashed its fares by 30 percent on inbound flights from Narita, Japan to help Filipino evacuees from Fukushima Prefecture who are facing involuntary repatriation. PAL chairman and CEO Lucio Tan ordered the issuance of discounted tickets for Filipinos facing mandatory evacuation by the Japanese government due to high [...]
World Leaders Slow on Helping Japan Nuclear Radiation Crisis
Yeah, the so-called G-8 will have a conference and discuss the nuclear radiation crisis in Japan but my question is “why just now”. Japan should have been helped as soon as the problem occurred. The nuclear radiation tragedy in Japan is not Japan’s problem. It is a human tragedy. It is a problem of the [...]
Best Foods, Gadgets for Protection Against Nuclear Radiation Exposure?
Sales of foods perceived as a defense against radiation exposure have increased sharply in South Korea on concerns over contamination from Japan’s crippled nuclear plant, industry sources said Wednesday. South Korea said Tuesday that it has detected traces of radioactive iodine in the air above Seoul and other regions of the country, believed to have [...]
US Nuclear Experts Find Japan Nuclear Radiation Crisis Dangerous
Visiting U.S. chief nuclear industry regulator expressed the view Monday that the situation at the quake- and tsunami-damaged nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan “remains serious.” After meeting with senior officials of the Japanese government and Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501>, the operator of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman [...]
Turkey Can Be Affected by Japan Nuclear Radiation
The possibility that Turkey might be hit by Japan nuclear radiation is very high after Chinese radiation monitoring team has detected the presence of radioactive materials in the air which obviously come from Japan. With the nuclear radiation leak in Japan getting more serious and thousands of people living near the Fukushima nuclear power plant [...]
Japan Nuclear Radiation Now Detected in Europe Cloud-Air
As early as March 13, 2011, NewsBalita.com had predicted that the nuclear radiation materials from Japan will travel and hit Europe. Today, Swiss health experts have finally confirmed that they have detected radioactive materials in the air of Europe, particularly in Switzerland. There is no other source of nuclear radiation leak but Japan. Every country [...]
Japanese Foods Banned in China Due to Nuclear Radiation
China banned imports of some food products from five eastern Japan prefectures Friday due to radiation fears amid the nuclear crisis there. The ban covers vegetables, fruits and dairy and marine products from Fukushima, Tochigi, Gunma, Ibaraki and Chiba prefectures, said the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine. It also urged officials to [...]