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Man-Made Earthquakes

Listen to the podcast: MAN-MADE EARTHQUAKES: ARE WE IN THE MIDST OF A HAARP WAR? Richard speaks with a journalist, researcher based in Japan and a Toronto-based media scientist about the possibility...

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The Conspiracy Show – January 15th, 2012

Fukushima Radiation In North America Richard welcomes an epidemiologist along with a physician to discuss the public health risks associated with the radioactivce fallout from the disaster at the...

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ANOTHER HONOUR FOR PLACIDO DOMINGO

Placido Domingo has been named as one of this year’s  winners of the award known as the Nobel Prize of the Arts. The acclaimed Spanish tenor  is among five artists to be awarded the Japan Art...

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TSUMAMI WARNING ISSUED FOR JAPAN AREA

An earthquake 7.3 magnitude has struck off Japan’s east coast. Japan’s emergency agencies declared a tsunami warning for the area of Honshu but not for the rest of the Pacific. The tremor was felt in...

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RUSSIA EMBRACES CRIMEA REFERENDUM WHILE DIPLOMACY CONTINUES TO RESOLVE CRISIS...

As diplomatic efforts continue to resolve the crisis in Ukraine, the speaker for Russia’s upper house of parliament says Crimea would be welcome as an “equal subject” in Russia if the region votes to...

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GLOBAL MUSIC SALES CONTINUE TO SLIDE

It was another bad year for the music industry. Global revenue dropped by 3.9 per cent last year, mainly because of big losses in Japan. The second-biggest global market still relies primarily on CDs...

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VIRUS FORCES McCARTNEY TO CANCEL TOKYO CONCERT

He’s a legendary rocker and a poster boy for Zoomers who want to keep living young.  But a virus has brought down Paul McCartney in Japan, forcing the 71 year-old former Beatle to cancel a concert in...

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MAYOR HAZEL RECEIVES HONOUR FOR BUILDING RELATIONS BETWEEN JAPAN AND CANADA

It was a special day for Mississauga’s zoomer mayor who was honoured for her contributions to building and improving relations between Japan and Canada. Hazel McCallion was given Japan’s Order of the...

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PAUL McCARTNEY RETURNS AFTER TWO-MONTH TOUR DELAY

Paul McCartney is back at work. The former Beatle had to cancel his “Out There” tour in Japan in May, along with dates in South Korea and the U-S because of a virus.   The 72 year-old returned to the...

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COMPOSER ARVO PART WINS JAPAN’S HIGHEST ARTS AWARD

A respected Estonian composer has been named a recipient of Japan’s highest arts award. Arvo Part is the composer of orchestral and sacred works, including his Los Angeles Symphony that premiered in LA...

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ISIS SETS NEW DEADLINE FOR HOSTAGE’S LIVES

Negotiatons continue as the clock ticks down on the latest deadline set by the Islamic Terror group, threatening to kill two hostages.  Japanese officials are working feverishly to gain the release of...

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WORLD’S OLDEST PEOPLE

The world’s oldest man, a retired educator from Japan, has died at the age of 112. Sakari Momoi died from kidney failure over the weekend at a nursing home in Tokyo. Another Japanese man, also 112 year...

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JAPAN’S MITSUBISHI APOLOGIZES TO AMERICAN PRISONERS OF WAR

Japan’s Mitsubishi corporation has made a landmark apology for using American prisoners of war as forced labour during World War Two. Senior executive Hikaru Kimura expressed remorse that prisoners had...

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CHINA SENDS GLOBAL MARKETS TUMBLING AGAIN

It all began Tuesday on the other side of the world when Asian shares fell due to gloomy manufacturing data from China and weak investment figures in Japan. An official index of Chinese manufacturing...

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TRUDEAU’S POLICIES EMBRACED BY MOST LEADERS AT JAPAN G7 SUMMIT

A push by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to encourage G7 leaders to commit to boosting government investment as a way to help the stagnant global economy has not yielded across the board support. The...

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HIROSHIMA REMEMBERED, 71 YEARS LATER

The 71st anniversary of an atomic bomb being dropped on the city of Hiroshima was observed Saturday across Japan. Bells tolled in remembrance of the 140-thousand people killed in the 1945 bombing....

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CANADA’S STUDENTS RANK 4TH OUT OF 72 COUNTRIES IN SCIENCE

Canadian students are among the top performers in science according to a new international ranking. Canada placed fourth over all in science, tied with Finland and behind Singapore, Japan and Estonia....

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NORTH KOREAN MISSILE LANDS IN SEA OFF JAPAN

The U.S. believes the missile test-fired by North Korea Friday was its second intercontinental ballistic missile that flew longer, higher than first ICBM launched over three weeks ago. The missile was...

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TRUMP AND ABE AGREE TO PRESSURE NORTH KOREA IN LENGTHY PHONE CONVERSATION

Both U.S. President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe are promising to increase pressure on North Korea after the regime launched a missile over Japan early Tuesday. In a 40 minute...

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WORLD’S OLDEST PERSON DIES AT 117

Violet Brown, known affectionately as “Aunt V” has passed away in a Jamaican Hospital at the age of 117 years 189 days.     Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness expressed his condolences in a...

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