MoneyJihad blog shows the percentages in millions and billions of dollars that countries have been throwing away on a failed nation that is like a putrid sore weeping tonnes of pus on this planet. Canada contributed $101 Million which is more than 2% …

“We can sum it up in one sentence: Our technical civilization has just reached its greatest level of savagery. We will have to choose, in the more or less near future, between collective suicide and the intelligent use of our scientific conquests…

A conference on March 10-11 explores the repercussions of the disaster at the Fukushima nuclear reactor. We ask Arnie Gundersen what we know, what we are not being told and what the potential impacts of the Fukushima disaster will be on our health and …

A conference on March 10-11 explores the repercussions of the disaster at the Fukushima nuclear reactor. We ask Arnie Gundersen what we know, what we are not being told and what the potential impacts of the Fukushima disaster will be on our health and …

In this episode of If You Love This Planet, Dr. Helen Caldicott speaks to Kono Taro, Director General of Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party’s International bureau. He is also a fifth-term Member of the House of Representatives in Japan. Kono has voic…

This  ad is for a newly launched cell phone of NTT Docomo, the largest cell phone service provider in Japan. The shell of the new phone is wood from domestic woods that are produced in a sustainable way. Apparently this was made without CG or cuts, an…

… “We have the capability to take the world down with us. And I can assure you that that will happen before Israel goes under.”Contributor: “YYC”CartoonStockCanada, as represented by the Harper eschatological “Christians”, blindly supports the most d…

Japan’s Fukushima disaster last spring hit the nuclear industry like, well, an atom bomb. Get your questions about the future of nuclear power in a live chat with Wired’s Spencer Reiss and PBS’s Frontline team today. Enter your questions in this post.

If we can make it in Japan, we can make it everywhere! That was our mantra back in 1996 when we headed to the land of the Rising Sun. Everybody told us Japan was such a strange country. Indeed, Japan was not a very popular travel destination back in 1996, mainly because it was seen as too different and not many people were able to speak English.

East meets west in this Japan-inspired street art.

BY: Unknown LOCATION: Oakwood Collegiate, Oakwood Avenue just south of St. Clair West PHOTO BY: Mondo Lulu FIELD NOTES: Japan is a land of wonder and innovation. Some of our favorite products and characters have Japanese origins, like Nintendo and Astro Boy. Domo, the strange and delightful creature who inspired this week’s art, is the [...]

2011 has been a very eventful year for activists, community organizers, and progressives. First we had the Arab Spring, Canada’s NDP leader Jack Layton died after a long battle with cancer, then the Occupy movement grew into a global phenomenon. Japan …

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The tiny South Pacific island nation of…

On March 11 of this year a devastating earthquake and tsunami struck Japan. Since that time the plight of the victims has often been in my thoughts – the heroic nuclear power workers who stayed on to try to contain the damage, the elderly who refused t…

According to scientists, within five years, a woolly mammoth will likely be cloned.

Disasters are supposed to teach people valuable lessons. But new research shows that following Tohoku earthquake and subsequent tsunami on March 11, 2011, Japanese residents have become less likely to evacuate during a dangerous event.

By Michael J.W. StickingsActually, there isn’t any after Fukushima. Many months after the nuclear disaster, the nightmare continues, as it will for decades to come:Japan’s science ministry says 8 per cent of the country’s surface area has been contami…

Japan’s decorated truck sub culture. They even have their own film genre.VICE

This friendly bear isn’t going to empty your pic-a-nic basket. He just wants to make sure you get a good night’s sleep.

This article by Softbank CEO Son Masayoshi outlines the thinking of one of Japan’s most innovative capitalists and public-spirited citizens. Having helped create a competitive market in telecommunications, Son is now aimed at liberating and green…