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Quake lessons

In the wake of the powerful earthquake that rattled central Japan on New Year’s Day, the resilient spirit of the nation is once again put to the test.

Pilger’s Own Words

‘No radioactivity in Hiroshima ruin‘ said The New York Times front page on 13 September 1945, a classic of planted disinformation, wrote Pilger. ‘General Farrell,‘ reported William H. Lawrence, ‘denied categorically that [the atomic bomb] produced a dangerous, lingering radioactivity.‘ Only one reporter, Wilfred Burchett, an Australian, braved the perilous journey to Hiroshima in the immediate aftermath of the atomic bombing, in defiance of Allied occupation authorities, which controlled the ‘press pack‘

Easing up?

As we stand on the cusp of 2024, the global economic landscape seems to be navigating uncertain waters, with the fate of interest rates hanging in the balance.

Kishida’s outreach

Two days after the mass resignation of ministers involved in a fundraising scandal, on 13-14 December 2023, an event that caused Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s popularity rating to plummet below 20 per cent and cause political turmoil