Radiation Spread Seen; Frantic Repairs Go On (Published 2011)
Fire trucks converged in preparation for spraying water at the Fukushima nuclear plant, in Iwaki, on Friday.Credit...Kyodo News, via Associated Press WASHINGTON — The first readings from American data-collection flights over the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in northeastern Japan show that the worst contamination has not spread beyond the 19-mile range of highest concern established by
Data Harvesting at Google Not a Rogue Act, Report Finds (Published 2012)
SAN FRANCISCO — Google’s harvesting of e-mails, passwords and other sensitive personal information from unsuspecting households in the United States and around the world was neither a mistake nor the work of a rogue engineer, as the company long maintained, but a program that supervisors knew about, according to new details from the full text of a regulatory report. The report, prepared by the Fed
Images Show Devastation at Iran Base After Blast (Published 2011)
The large, deadly explosion at an Iran military base in Iran on Nov. 12, which Iranian authorities have called an accident that set back research work there by a few days, appears to have been far more devastating than their description suggested, according to an analysis of newly released commercial satellite images of the blast site. The images reveal vast destruction and chaotic disarray across
Billions Lost by Olympus May Be Tied to Criminals (Published 2011)
An advertisement for Olympus in Tokyo. Japanese officials said at least $4.9 billion in Olympus funds were missing.Credit...Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg News Editors’ Note, Aug. 3, 2021: This article, relying on statements made in a police memo, includes errors. It refers incorrectly to payments being probed by Japanese police. While some of the payments identified in the police memo were made by Nob
Olympus Faces Credibility Gap (Published 2011)
Olympus shares will probably languish until it comes up with some answers. The Japanese manufacturer fired its chief executive, Michael Woodford, last week and has since acknowledged effectively paying two advisers a 35 percent commission for a British acquisition in 2008. While its core business looks sound, the fear is that Olympus could be forced to take big write-downs or even delist. The stoc
Ex-Chief Executive of Olympus Ties Ouster to His Claim of Fraud by the Company (Published 2011)
TOKYO — The British executive who was publicly pilloried as a bad manager when the Japanese company Olympus fired him on Friday, struck back on Monday, saying he was forced out because he was about to expose potential financial fraud at the company. The executive, Michael C. Woodford, on Monday delivered a dossier of what he called “condemning” evidence on Olympus to Britain’s Serious Fraud Office
Bacterial Ecosystems Divide People Into 3 Groups, Scientists Say (Published 2011)
Bacterial Ecosystems Divide People Into 3 Groups, Scientists Say In the early 1900s, scientists discovered that each person belonged to one of four blood types. Now they have discovered a new way to classify humanity: by bacteria. Each human being is host to thousands of different species of microbes. Yet a group of scientists now report just three distinct ecosystems in the guts of people they ha
Powerful Aftershock Complicates Japan’s Nuclear Efforts (Published 2011)
People in Osaki, a city in Miyagi Prefecture, tried their cellphones after a 7.1 magnitude aftershock struck northeastern Japan on Thursday night, causing blackouts.Credit...Dai Kurokawa/European Pressphoto Agency TOKYO — The strongest aftershock to hit since the day of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan rocked a wide section of the country’s northeast on Thursday night, prompting a tsun
U.S. Sees Array of New Threats at Japan’s Nuclear Plant (Published 2011)
U.S. Sees Array of New Threats at Japan’s Nuclear Plant United States government engineers sent to help with the crisis in Japan are warning that the troubled nuclear plant there is facing a wide array of fresh threats that could persist indefinitely, and that in some cases are expected to increase as a result of the very measures being taken to keep the plant stable, according to a confidential a
Opinion | Japan's Overblown Anxiety (Published 2010)
In Japan, anxiety over a lost decade has given way to fear that economic growth is never coming back. Japanese pundits warn that the country has “lost its animal spirits.” A business leader I spoke with during a recent visit talked of relocating his company’s operations to Singapore. Another asked if I thought Japan “would still be around” in 20 years. I’m not sure what he meant, but I know it isn
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