Photo Source: Seattle Post Intelligencer.

Seattle Post Intelligencer: How first 24 hours shaped Japan’s nuclear crisis

Through interviews with dozens of officials, workers and experts, and hundreds of pages of newly released documents, The Associated Press found the early response to the crisis was marked by confusion, inadequate preparation, a lack of forthrightness with the [...]

Fukushima evacuees screened for radiation. Photo Source: Mail Online

Daily Mail: Sealed off and screened for radiation: Tsunami survivors make emotional visit to ghost-town homes engulfed by Japan’s nuclear meltdown

The people were covered in protective suits, head nets, and rubber gloves before being screen and transported by bus to the devastated region.
After an painful [...]

Every year, New York based consultants Interbrand release a list of the world’s 100 best brands based on such elements as financial strength, influence on purchasing decisions, and earnings potential. This year, while Coca Cola was the ‘best global brand’, Toyota remained Japan’s top brand around the world, in spite of a drop compared to [...]

Honda are developing a new ‘personal mobility device’, which looks like a unicycle, yet maintains stability internally and moves by leaning your weight in the direction you wish to go – similar to the Segway.

Honda says that the device is still in development, and there are not yet any firm plans for when it will [...]

In its annual list of the 100 Best Global Brands, Business Week has placed two Japanese brands in the top 20, with Toyota the highest ranked at 8 (down 2 places from last year). The second placed Japanese company is Honda, up two spots to 18th. While Japan has two [...]