Japan

Fukushima Animals Show Mutations, Genetic Damage, Population Declines

by Oilprice.com • Aug 19, 2014 • Comments Off on Fukushima Animals Show Mutations, Genetic Damage, Population Declines

The victims range from monkeys to butterflies.

Japan’s Fiscal Demise: A Cautionary Tale For Our Times

by David Stockman • Aug 17, 2014 • 7 Comments

I remember well, the fiscal rectitude of the old Japan: In 1981, as the Reagan White House prepared its radical fiscal plan – famously called “riverboat gamble” – we were visited by high-ranking Japanese officials, in a state of shock.

TEPCO Wants to Dump Radioactive Water into the Pacific

by Oilprice.com • Aug 16, 2014 • 3 Comments

Japan’s most despised corporation, TEPCO, is running out of space to store radioactive water. And so it found another one of its “solutions.”

Abenomics Goes to Heck, in one Chart

by Wolf Richter • Aug 13, 2014 • 4 Comments

The three arrows of Abenomics – promise, hype, & hope.

Producer Prices Spike in Japan

by Wolf Richter • Aug 12, 2014 • Comments Off on Producer Prices Spike in Japan

‘Inflation without Compensation’ to whack struggling households as price pressures build deep into pipeline.

TEPCO Reveals More Lies about Fukushima Meltdowns

by Oilprice.com • Aug 9, 2014 • 5 Comments

Turns out, the meltdowns were actually much worse than it previously admitted, says the most despised corporation of Japan.

Yen-Dollar Trading in Tokyo Totally Collapses

by Wolf Richter • Jul 30, 2014 • 1 Comment

Japan, under the regime of Abenomics, has, let’s say, some issues.

The Flame-Out Of Abenomics, in One Crucial Chart

by Wolf Richter • Jul 24, 2014 • 9 Comments

Rising exports and trade surpluses have always been vital to Japan. And reconstituting them is a cornerstone of Abenomics. But that plan has totally gone to heck.

Japan Inc.’s Orders for Equipment and Machinery Totally Collapse

by Wolf Richter • Jul 10, 2014 • 1 Comment

Orders for capital equipment – a measure of future capital expenditures and a feverishly awaited sign that Japan Inc. has finally started investing in Japan rather than just overseas – were “shocking.”

Saber-Rattling Between Japan, China, and RUSSIA of all things Hits Record

by Wolf Richter • Jul 9, 2014 • Comments Off on Saber-Rattling Between Japan, China, and RUSSIA of all things Hits Record

The Japanese Defense Ministry refused to speculate why Russian activity had suddenly soared, just when both countries are trying to hash out a mega-energy deal.

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