Tag: japan
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Restaurant Menu Scandal Continues in Japan
from thediplomat.com: After an October 22 admission by the luxury Hankyu Hanshin Hotel that it had misrepresented food menus, several other high-end Japanese eateries have come forward with similar revelations of food fraud. The scandal erupted in June after a separate Tokyo hotel was caught serving Chilean roast beef as “domestically produced.” Hankyu Hanshin Holdings…
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Japan’s ‘Toxic’ Monster Creeping Towards USA
from foxnews.com: An enormous debris field is creeping toward the U.S. in the wake of the massive earthquake and tsunami that shook Japan in 2011, killing nearly 16,000 people and launching 1.5 million tons of floating objects into the sea. That most concentrated part of the junk field is easily broader than Texas and centered…
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No Tsunami Danger to US After 7.3 Japan Earthquake
from orovillemr.com: The National Tsunami Warning Center says there is no tsunami danger for Hawaii, Alaska, British Columbia, Washington, Oregon and California following a powerful earthquake off Japan’s east coast. The center says the evaluation is based on information about the quake and historic tsunami records. The magnitude-7.3 quake struck at 10:10 a.m. PDT today,…
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#NewWorldNextWeek: Episode168 – Silk Road Shutdown, Fukushima Fast Food, Exercise Pills
Story #1: FBI Seizes Silk Road, an Online Drug Market, and Makes Arrest // Story #2: Popular Fast Food Chain Yoshinoya To Grow Food 60 Miles From Fukushima Plant // Story #3: Exercise ‘Can Be As Good As Pills’
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Japan deep-sea drilling boat casts off to find quakes
from apperspective.net: A Japan-led team of seismologists set off Friday on a mission to drill deep beneath the seabed in a search for the origin of earthquakes. The scientists weighed anchor on Japan’s deep-sea drilling vessel Chikyu, heading for a spot in the ocean off the Kii peninsula, southwestern Japan, and a fracture in the…
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Researchers create kit to diagnose new strains of #flu in just five minutes
from japantimes.com: A team of researchers at an Osaka University institute said Tuesday they have developed a kit that can diagnose infection with new strains of flu in about 5 minutes through the identification of genes and proteins in the virus. Although the university’s Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research designed the kit for the…
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Talking humanoid robot launches on Japan rocket
from bigstory.ap.org: The first talking humanoid robot “astronaut” has taken off in a rocket. Kirobo — derived from the Japanese words for “hope” and “robot” — was among five tons of supplies and machinery on a rocket launched Sunday for the International Space Station from Tanegashima, southwestern Japan, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA,…
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Japan Stops HPV Vaccines Citing Adverse Effects
from TruthstreamMedia.com: The Japanese government has officially stopped recommending the Human Papillomavirus vaccines and has begun warning its citizens against taking the shot. Standard Digital reports: In effect, the Japanese Ministry of Health is saying quite categorically that it has no faith in Gardasil and Cervarix. While the vaccines will remain freely available in the…
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Animal-human embryo test clears first hurdle
from JapanTimes.co.jp: Proposed experiments with animal-human embryos cleared the first regulatory hurdle Tuesday as Japanese scientists seek permission for tests that could see human organs produced inside the growing body of an animal. Researchers want to introduce a human stem cell into an animal embryo, to create a so-called chimeric embryo, which they can implant…
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New World Next Week: Episode157 – NSA Catch-22, Bankster Bail-Ins, Less Peace
NewWorldNextWeek.com: Episode157 – NSA Catch-22, Bankster Bail-Ins, Less Peace Welcome to New World Next Week – the video series from Corbett Report and Media Monarchy that covers some of the most important developments in open source intelligence news. This week: Story #1: Snowden, ‘Catch-22’ And The Dehumanization Of Our Nation NSA Snooping Was Only the…
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Japan cancels tender to purchase U.S. GMO wheat
from reuters.com: A strain of genetically modified wheat found in the United States fuelled concerns over food supplies across Asia on Thursday, with major importer Japan cancelling a tender offer to buy U.S. grain. Other top Asian wheat importers South Korea, China and the Philippines said they were closely monitoring the situation after the U.S.…
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#NewWorldNextWeek: Episode151 – Boston Bombings, Financial Pirates, Quake Swarms
https://archive.org/download/20130418NewWorldNextWeek151/20130418_NewWorldNextWeek151-b.mp4 Download MP4 Welcome to New World Next Week – the video series from Corbett Report and Media Monarchy that covers some of the most important developments in open source intelligence news. This week: Story #1: Boston Marathon Bombings Fuel Conspiracy Theories, Speculation Of False Flag Operations Boston Marathon Massacre: Police Don’t Deny Running “Drills…
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Fukushima Meltdown Correlates to Hypothyroidism In American Infants
Children born in Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon and Washington were 28 percent more likely to suffer from congenital hypothyroidism.
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#NewWorldNextWeek: Episode147 – Fukushima Anniversary, UN Narcotics, Lobbying For Labeling
Story #1: Two Year Anniversary of Fukushima – The Accident Is NOT Contained // Story #2: United Nations Says Colorado, Washington Legal Pot Violates Drug Treaties // Story #3: Whole Foods Announces Mandatory GMO Labeling By 2018
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To The Moon? Firm Hopes To Sell $1.5 Billion Trips
A team of former NASA executives is launching a private venture to send people to the moon for a price that is definitely out of this world.