A recently published report by the Conference Board of Canada, a not-for-profit economics and policy research organization, indicates that Canadians are spending more on their healthcare and getting less than most advanced nations. Canada spend more annually per capita on healthcare – $4100/person, or 10% of GDP – than all but three advanced nations, but […]
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openalex: Railway Opens Tokyo’s Largest Rooftop Farm
JR East railway, one of Tokyo’s largest railway operators, has opened a 535 sq.m. (5758 sq.ft.) rooftop farm on top of the company’s Lumine Ogikubo Building.
Part of a series of buildings linked to the Ogikubo railway and metro station, the garden is…
Continue readingthe woodshed: In which it is revealed that I am now a best-selling author and a new Spiritual Leader of the Moment(tm) is crowned
Our Man in Abiko, who laboured at the same Great Metropolitan Newspaper that I did for many years, though at a different time than I, is someone I have known slightly for some time now. I came across his eponymous blog looking for other expat blogger…
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INTERNATIONAL ANARCHIST MOVEMENT JAPAN: JAPANESE ANARCHISTS CALL FOR INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PROTEST AGAINST NUCLEAR POWER:Since the recent triple disaster in Japan Japanese anarchists have been active in both relief work and in furthering protest agains…
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INTERNATIONAL ANARCHIST MOVEMENT JAPAN:JAPANESE ANARCHISTS ASK FOR HELP IN DISASTER RELIEF:Since the earthquake and tsunami of March 11 the Sendai Yomawari Group of anarchists has shifted its focus to disaster relief in their city. Sendai City is loca…
Continue readingTattered Sleeve: Ain’t she a beaut? (Fukushima reactor #4, all duckied-up)
That is all they got: Minoru Ogoda, the official with Japan’s nuclear regulatory agency, said a proposed plan to use helicopters to put more cold water into the pool was looking unlikely. He said Tokyo Electric would probably try to spray water into the reactor building through a gaping hole
Continue readingThe Global Express: Japanese Earthquake Facts
Japan is geographically in the worst position possible. Right on the border of the tectonic plates. There are a lot of facts that we don’t know about Japan that they experience everyday. One thing that I found astonishing last week after the horrific natural disasters in Japan was the number
Continue readingJapan and Saskatchewan
Well, Saskatchewan, if there is nuclear fallout from that earthquake in Japan it looks like we can accept some responsibility for it. My preliminary research indicates that some Saskatchewan uranium goes to Japan via partnerships among AREVA, Cameco, and Japan’s Overseas Uranium Resources Development as well as Japan-Canada Uranium (JCU Canada). Here’s hoping nothing melts […]
Continue readingToo little of late, and now Japan: a roundup
P’n’P’s been ignoring you all. Sorry ’bout that. I’m back for a bit, anyway. To start, here’s a rundown of good links for those who want to know. Here‘s what the Japanese government has said. The Sunday update from t…
Continue readingWorld Headlines Review: China: Fear of its Rise is Fear of Ourselves
A recent Economist article, The dangers of a rising China, leads a 14 page report loosely discussing the dangers posed to the world by China’s eclipsing of the USA’s international economic and military order. The article attempts to draw parallels in the power-balance shift between Britain and Germany which led
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