Japan’s economy had record high deficits during 2012 due to falling exports to Europe and China in a trade gap estimated at $78 billion. Newly elected Liberal Democratic Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has proposed an aggressive round of stimulus spending to stoke the fires of economic development in the world’s third largest economy. The […]
Read MoreIn line with a communist tradition established after the death of Vladimir Lenin, founder of the Soviet Union and influential Marxist philosopher, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea will place Dear Leader Kim Jong-il’s embalmed figure on display alongside that of his father, Eternal President Kim Il-sung. It is unknown if the Kumsusan Palace […]
Read MoreBenjamin Netanyahu’s slim electoral victory means that the next coalition government in Israel’s Knesset will be less-inclined to cater to the interests of the far-right. Even though he will remain in power, exit polls have revealed that his party has lost up to 25% of their seats in the Israeli parliament. With less of […]
Read MoreIn Pyongyang’s most challenging declaration yet, the world’s most isolated state announced that it would continue its provocative nuclear tests and missile tests with its target being the DPRK’s avowed enemy, the United States. Ever since the death of Dear Leader Kim Jong–il in 2011, the regime in Pyongyang was consumed with establishing his […]
Read MoreGigantic Russian volcanoes Shiveluch, Kizimen, and Plosky Talbachek have erupted simultaneously, spewing ash into the air and causing earthquakes all around the area of the volcanoes. The largest of the volcanoes, Shiveluch, stands at 3,283 meters. The video above is from Shiveluch’s eruption in June of 2011. [RT.com]
Read MoreSingle women over the age of 27 in the People’s Republic of China are called ‘left over women’ or ‘sheng nu,’ a derogatory term meant to chide women into ceding independence for marriage. Social expectations on women to get married have made it a social stigma for Chinese women to be independent and unmarried past […]
Read MoreChina’s National Defense University Senior Colonel Liu Mingfu warns Australia not to dance with the ‘tiger’ (US) and the ‘wolf’ (Japan), raises the possibility of a nuclear attack on Japan. Diplomats are increasingly hoping for an eleventh hour miracle in the talks to resolve the ongoing dispute between two of East Asia’s greatest powers, the […]
Read MoreInternet-search and tech giant Google is known worldwide for its comprehensive maps, compiled using a variety of methods in order to make the physical world as navigable as the ethereal world of the internet. Now, Google’s tech is being used to compile, identify, and make available to the world the locations of North Korea’s greatest horrors: […]
Read MoreA Tupolev Tu–22M3 bomber fleet is advanced enough to take on the best of the United States Navy in China’s bid to grow its military might. The People’s Liberation Army has reportedly purchased $1.5 billion worth of Tupolev Tu–22M3 bomber aircraft from Russia. When deployed by the PLA the aircraft will be known as the […]
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Japanese Politician Taro Aso Proclaims Japan Should Allow Elderly to ‘Hurry Up and Die‘
Ever controversial, Japan’s newly-appointed Liberal Democratic Party Minister of Finance, Taro Aso, addressed Japan’s elderly care problem in a press conference January 21 in Tokyo by stating that the elderly should be allowed the right to end their lives rather than have the state of Japan waste billions of yen on their care. Taro Aso, […]
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