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Japan's Abe Angling for War with China? Could the US be Drawn In?
• mishtalk.comJapanese prime minister Shinzo Abe is closing in on the supermajority he needs to put forth a national referendum allowing military force.
Something Big Is Coming: Bernanke To "Secretly" Meet With Kuroda; "Helicopter Money**
• Zero HedgeTwo years after Paul Krugman sat down with Abe to tell him how to run monetary (and to a lesser extent fiscal) policy, Abenomics lies crushed in a steaming pile of discredited Keynesian economics, with the "deflation monster" once again ruling the la
Google Just Plugged Into Japan With Its Own Undersea Cable
• WiredGoogle just plugged itself straight into Japan.
War Is Over: US Out Of Okinawa!
• youtube.comWorld War II has been over for 70 years, yet the US military continues to occupy the Japanese island of Okinawa against the wishes of the island's population and political leaders.
At Okinawa Protest, Thousands Call for Removal of U.S. Bases
• http://www.nytimes.comTOKYO -- Tens of thousands of people on the Japanese island of Okinawa gathered on Sunday to demand the removal of American military bases in what organizers said was the largest demonstration against the United States presence there in two decades.
1945 AP Report Shows Hiroshima Was Firebombed Prior to Claim of Atomic Bombing
• https://www.youtube.comThe first Japanese news reports stated that Hiroshima was bombed with incendiaries
Mitsubishi UFJ, Japan's largest financial group is experimenting with blockchain
• http://bravenewcoin.comtechnology to build its own digital currency. One of the world's largest financial groups, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc., (MUFG) is working on its own digital currency in Japan, using blockchain technology. An MUFG spokesperson confirmed to Br
Can the Hiroshima Bombing Be Morally Justified?
• m.ncregister.comFaithful Catholics have always roundly rejected the utilitarian logic undergirding the decision to use the atomic bomb
People in Japan are being paid to have babies, and it seems to be working
• Business InsiderJapan's nationwide fertility rate just hit its highest level in 21 years.
Obama calls for reduction of nuclear stockpiles in historic Hiroshima visit
• http://www.foxnews.comPresident Barack Obama called on nations to "escape the logic of fear" and reduce their stockpiles of nuclear weapons as he became the first sitting U.S. President to visit Hiroshima, Japan Friday.
Trade With Japan Collapses: Exports Decline 7th Month, Imports Decline 16th Month
• mishtalk.comAbenomics is back in the spotlight tonight.
Why Aren't Hiroshima and Nagasaki War Crimes?
• http://fff.org, by Jacob G. HornbergerI don't get it. On the one hand, we're told that the intentional targeting of civilians in wartime is a war crime. On the other hand, we're told that the intentional targeting of Hiroshima and Nagasaki with nuclear bombs was not a war crime.
Abenomics---At Last, Dead In The Water
• davidstockmanscontracorner.comThe Bank of Japan has been forced to retreat from further emergency stimulus after a blizzard of criticism at home and abroad, and warnings that extreme measures may now be doing more harm than good.
Global Stocks Plunge After Bank Of Japan "Shock"
• http://www.zerohedge.comIt is very fitting that on today's April 28th anniversary of the bull market, the day that officially makes this the second-longest "bull market" in history, the market got a stark reminder of just how it got there: through constant and relentless ce
Japan's grocery store shelves stripped bare in mere hours after earthquake... Panic buying ...
• http://www.naturalnews.comalways results in zero inventory... Do you have emergency food?...(NaturalNews) No doubt still jittery after the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami that destroyed much of the Fukushima nuclear power plant, swarms of Japanese people invaded grocery
Japan succeeds in test flight of first stealth fighter jet
• https://www.yahoo.comJapan's first stealth fighter jet successfully took to the skies on Friday as the country joins a select group of world military powers wielding the radar-dodging technology.
Parent's worst nightmare: Wave of babies born in Japan with extra arms and legs due to Fukushima
• http://www.naturalnews.comradiation... Stillbirth numbers on the rise. (NaturalNews) Five years after the Fukushima nuclear accident, local residents are reporting a marked increase in serious birth defects, but due to an ongoing coverup by Japanese authorities, and a severe
Japan's Economy Grinds To A Halt After Earthquake Paralyzes Critical Supply Chains
• Zero HedgeEarlier today Toyota was one of many Japanese companies to announce that it will suspend most car production across Japan as a result of critical supply chain disruptions caused by the recent destructive earthquake and numerous aftershocks.
Olivier Blanchard eyes ugly 'end game' for Japan on debt spiral
• telegraph.co.uk, By Ambrose Evans-PritchardJapan is heading for a full-blown solvency crisis as the country runs out of local investors and may ultimately be forced to inflate away its debt in a desperate end-game, one of the world's most influential economists has warned.
Mr. Yen has a new prediction for Japan's currency
• http://www.businessinsider.comThe yen is on a roll. After starting the year at about 120 per dollar, the Japanese currency surged as high as 107.63 early on Monday to its strongest level since October 2014, when the central bank unexpectedly boosted quantitative easing.
Let Japan and South Korea Go Nuclear
• Lew Rockwell - Eric MargolisShould Japan and South Korea be permitted to develop nuclear weapons? That was the very good question posed last week by candidate Donald Trump.
Let Japan and South Korea Go Nuclear
• https://www.lewrockwell.com, By Eric MargolisShould Japan and South Korea be permitted to develop nuclear weapons? That was the very good question posed last week by candidate Donald Trump.
Japan to print additional ¥10,000 bills as more people stash their cash at home
• http://www.japantimes.co.jpThe Finance Ministry plans to increase the number of ¥10,000 bills in circulation, amid signs that more people are hoarding cash.
JAPAN SLAMS N.KOREA'S PROJECTILE LAUNCH AS 'UNACCEPTABLE' PROVOCATION
• http://nextnewsnetwork.comJapan considers North Korea's projectile launch as an unacceptable provocation, Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said Friday according to Sputnik News who reports that Earlier in the day, North Korean military announced the launch of a projectile, po
Japanese Traders Are Getting Angry: "The BOJ Is Destroying The Functioning Of The Market"
• http://www.zerohedge.comBack in the summer of 2014, when the ECB first unveiled NIRP, many were concerned that this submersion into the monetary policy twilight zone would first crush Europe's money markets. However, at least until now, European MM funds have proven relativ
Can Anything Prevent Japan From Falling Into The Abyss?
• davidstockmanscontracorner.com"Shunto" season has failed to grip Japan.
Japan Goes Neocon - Dumps Antiwar Constitution
• https://www.youtube.comTens of thousands of Japanese are demonstrating over changes to the constitution overturning more than half a century's prohibition on war. The Japanese government wants a more central role in Obama's "pivot to Asia," which is a cover for more US mil
Japan's negative rates a looming headache for central bank
• https://ca.news.yahoo.comTOKYO (Reuters) - Driving interest rates below zero, the Bank of Japan has turned a comatose government bond market into an enormous free-for-all, complicating the central bank's own efforts to kick-start growth and end deflation.
Bank Of Japan Intervenes In The Market To Smash Yen After Nikkei Crashes 700 Points
• http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-03-17/boj-interNikkei futures rallied post-Fed into the Japanese open (despite weakness in USDJPY) and then when trade data struck (and exposed the utter failure of competitive devaluation), everything went into freefall. The Nikkei crashed 700 points and USDJPY p
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