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National Cherry Blossom Festival 2012 marks 100th Anniversary!
Mar 7th
The spring of 2012 marks the 100th Anniversary of the National Cherry Blossom Festival. In 1912, the city of Tokyo, Japan gave Washington DC an incredible gift of 3,000 cherry blossom trees to be planted around the Tidal Basin in West Potomac Park, in East Potomac Park and on the grounds of the Washington Monument. The 100th anniversary of these beautiful trees will be celebrated from March 20– April 27, 2012.
This year’s century celebration of National Cherry Blossom Festival is expected to be the biggest celebration ever. The bloom period for the cherry blossoms lasts approximately 14 days. The average peak bloom date is around April 4th, which means that by the later weeks of the festival the blooms will be gone.
On Mar 25, 2012, Washington Convention Center, 801 Mount Vernon Place will
launch the 100th Anniversary of the Gift of the Washington Cherry Blossom More >
Boeing 787 Dreamliner will take first flight on Monday
Sep 26th
Boeing delivers the first 787 Dreamliner on Sunday. The first one goes to Japan’s All Nippon Airways, which has been printing the 787 logo and “We Fly 1st” on its business cards for years. The new jet, which was supposed to be flying passengers three years ago, has been delayed by production and design problems.
Boeing expects to deliver a combined 25 to 30 of the 787s and new 747-8 this year. To meet the high demand Boeing has set an ambitious goal of building 10 per month by the end of 2013. No one has ever made a large plane that fast. The 787 list price runs between $185 million and $218 million. More >
Honda Motor to recall 72,115 City sedan cars in India
Sep 6th
Japanese Honda Motor Co stated that they are to recall 72,115 of its City sedan cars from India inorder to replace a power window switch. This is Honda’s second recall since 2010. ”Honda Siel Cars India Ltd is carrying out the part replacement as part of a global exercise by Honda Motor Company to ensure stringent quality standards for its products,” a company statement said on Monday. The recall affects cars manufactured between 2005 and 2007. The company recalled 8,532 City cars in January last year that had been manufactured in 2007, it said in the statement. More >
Remembering Elvis Presley on his Death Anniversary August 16
Aug 16th
Elvis Presley died at the age of 42 on August 16, 1977. Mr. Presley had been found unconscious in a room at his Graceland home and was declared dead at a Tennessee hospital an hour later due to drug overdose.
A 15,000 to 20,000 devotees and fans of Elvis Presley from all over the world including Japan, England and Germany gathered at Presley’s home in Graceland and held a candlelight vigil to mark the 34th anniversary of the rock star.
Elvis Presley was born in a two-room house in 1935 and performed with his parents at camps and church meetings in his childhood. More >
Superbug Gonorrhea Strain which is Resistant to all Antibiotics is discovered!!
Jul 12th
Superbug Gonorrhea Strain is discovered by Scientist which is Resistant to all Antibiotics. The term superbug refers to a bacterium that’s able to survive exposure to antibiotics because it genetically evolved to resist them.
Gonorrhea has become increasingly resistant to antibiotics for several years now, and the percentage of cephalosporin-resistant gonorrhea More >
Earthquake of 7.4 strikes the northern coast of Japan once again
Jul 11th
Japan Earthquake: After last March’s disaster quake and tsunami along with nuclear crisis another quake of magnitude 7.4 stroked the north eastern Japan on Sunday once again triggering a Tsunami alert. There was no sign of further damage along the coast or to the Fukushima nuclear power plant.
The massive 9.0 earthquake hit March 11th and wreaked havoc on the region including shaking up Japanese nuclear plants and causing cooling system failures and radiation leaks. Thousands had to evacuate the area as plant workers battled to stop the nuclear plants from causing even more damage More >
National Cherry Blossom Festival 2011
Mar 25th
The National Cherry Blossom Festival is a time to celebrate spring. Cherry Blossom Festival returns in timely fashion this weekend as pink buds are already sprouting from tree-lined streets. Festivities will take place around town from March 26th. The official festival begins Saturday when the blossoms will be near peak bloom, according to the festival’s website.
The National Cherry Blossom Festival begins this weekend in Washington, D.C., and organizers are asking people to participate tonight in a walk around the Tidal Basin where the cherry blossoms have been blooming since they arrived as a gift from Japan in 1912.
The festival will begin with an event to reflect on the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, which gave the capital its first cherry trees 99 years ago. More >
Japan reactors from Fukushima nuclear power Plant should be burried like Chernobyl??
Mar 18th
World is discussing Japan reactors from Fukushima nuclear power Plant. The cooling of fuel rods is in process. Yesterday authorities attempted to cool the reactors by dropping water from helicopters but unable to control the overheating reactors. Some 330 Fukushima emergency workers were trying to keep the nuclear power plant cooled with seawater, to keep fuel rods from overheating and releasing more radioactive material.
TEPCO has been forced to consider other options—including burying the plant just like Chernobyl. On Tuesday, exposure levels at the nuclear plant reached up to 400 millisieverts of radiation an hour before plunging to 0.6 millisievert an hour, according to the More >
Tokyo Evacuation: Japan disaster sparked nuclear reviews around the world
Mar 16th
Tokyo Evacuation: Countries across the world are concerned about the safety of their citizens in Tokyo. The German and Swiss Embassies have begun to call on their nationals living in the quake-hit regions and the Tokyo metropolitan area to consider evacuating to other nations. France is sending 2 jumbos to Japan to evacuate French nationals in TOKYO. Also advising all French to leave Japan or head south.
And at the Fukushima nuclear plant workers have returned to the damaged plant after an evacuation order was lifted, Tokyo Electric Power Company in order to control the More >
Germany announced a temporary Nuclear plant Shutdown
Mar 15th
Germany announced a temporary shutdown of 7 nuclear plants. German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that all 7 of the country’s nuclear power plants which began operation before 1980 would be provisionally shut down. The decision comes amid fears sparked by the crisis under way at Japan’s tsunami-stricken nuclear power plant.
A previous government decided a decade ago to shut all 17 German nuclear plants by 2021, but Merkel’s administration last year moved to extend their lives by an average 12 years. That decision was suspended for three months on Monday. More >