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Oil imports, earthquake push Japan into 1st trade deficit in 32 years

Ellen Wallace — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 08:58:09 +0000

GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Japan has announced its first trade deficit since 1980, Y2.49tn ($32bn), with Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda saying it will take until 2014 for a turn-around. Analysts, according to the financial press, are gloomier about Japan’s short- to mid-term prospects for avoiding a current account surplus. The savings rate in the country has been [...]

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Japan establishes a no-go zone, imposes penalties (video)

Laila Rodriguez — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 09:32:55 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Japan has established a 20km no-go zone around the Fukushima nuclear plant and has announced that it will impose penalties to anyone breaking the rule. According to government sources, the fines of up to US$1,200 are necessary to protect the health and safety of the area’s roughly 70,000 residents. Up to 60 families have returned [...]

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Japan asks foreign countries to remain calm

Ellen Wallace — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 16:34:25 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Swiss embassy among those suggesting citizens leave The Japanese emperor, in a highly unusual television appearance Wednesday 16 March, urged his country’s people to retain hope in the face of uncertainty over nuclear problems and the post-earthquake rescue efforts. The death toll has now risen above 4,000 and a number of foreign countries, including Switzerland, [...]

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Swiss rescue team in Japan searched for survivors, not back yet

Laila Rodriguez — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 12:36:55 +0000

GenevaLunch.com (correction) Swiss team that provided rescue work and logistics is not yet back from Japan Switzerland and Japan (GenevaLunch) – A team of 25 Swiss rescuers and nine canine units have officially finished their search and rescue operations but are still in Japan where they helped in the search for survivors after the most powerful [...]

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Nuclear blast in Japan causes harmful radiation levels

Ellen Wallace — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 08:18:39 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Tsunami, quake official death toll at about 2,000 but 3,000 declared missing, figure for dead expected to rise sharply The third, latest blast at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan, at 06:10 local time Tuesday 15 March, accompanied by a fire, has caused radiation leaks at a level harmful to human health, Japanese [...]

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Catastrophe in Japan (Chappatte cartoon)

Ellen Wallace — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 09:55:41 +0000

GenevaLunch.com ©2011 Chappatte, distributed by Globe Cartoon. More cartoons on Chappatte’s web site. Geneva-based Patrick Chappatte works for the International Herald Tribune, for Geneva newspaper Le Temps, and for NZZ am Sonntag. All cartoons reproduced with permission.

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Red Cross opens family-finder service for Japan

Ellen Wallace — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 08:35:29 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - The ICRC (International Committee of the Red Cross), working closely with the Japanese Red Cross, has created a Family Links web site to help people who are seeking other family members in the wake of the 11 March earthquake and tsunami north of Tokyo. The list of those missing, created Friday, [...]

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Japan’s tsunami images hint at scope of disaster (update 3)

Ellen Wallace — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 10:06:22 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Update 15:15 Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The International Federations of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies has given indications of how its societies in the tsunami-affected areas, mainly Japan but also Indonesia and the Philippines are responding to the emergency. The 8.8 earthquake (some reports say 8.9), it notes, struck at 14:46 local time [...]

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Indonesia tsunami death toll rises

Sean Ecker — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 11:55:47 +0000

GenevaLunch.com More bodies are being found on islands off the western coast of Sumatra, as Indonesian rescue workers reach the more isolated villages and bays along the coast, following the tsunami on 25 October. The death toll has climbed above 400, officials said 29 October, and hopes are receding that the 300 people said to be [...]

Indonesia struggles with double disasters

Sean Ecker — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 10:35:25 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Indonesia’s Mount Merapi finally erupted 26 October after days of threatening to and has killed at least at least 25 people, a day after a tsunami struck the islands of Pagai and swept away hundreds of people. More than 150 people are confirmed dead in the tsunami strike and 400 are missing. Merami erupted 26 [...]

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