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Written By: guyjin on May 17, 2011 No Comment
Daily Japan Headlines: Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Photo source: Washington Times

Washington Times: Thousands of pets left in Japan nuke zone

When about 80,000 people were told to flee explosions at the stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant in March, many left their pets at home, thinking they could soon return to get them.
Two months later, thousands of pets are still there, starving, [...]

Written By: guyjin on October 19, 2009 No Comment

The latest issue of the annual UN Human Development Index (HDI) from the UN Development Program shows Japan in 10th place in the world. This places it 3 places above the US, but 8 spots below my home country of Australia (see the top 15 ranked countries below). The [...]

Written By: guyjin on September 25, 2009 No Comment

On Thursday (US time), Prime Minister Hatoyama addressed the General Debate of the 64th Session of the United Nations General Assembly. The text and video links (great chance to see the Prime Minister speaking English…) are below:

 

Prime Minister Hatoyama’s Prepared Speech to the UN [...]

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