Japan Sells Yen – The intervention vaulted the dollar more than 4 percent higher, which would mark its biggest one-day gain in three years, and Finance Minister Jun Azumi said Tokyo would continue to step into the market until it was satisfied with the results. Indeed, his deputy later said the intervention was not over [...]
27 Die In Japan Typhoon – Torrential rain brought by powerful Typhoon Talas, which made landfall in western Japan on Saturday, caused rivers to swell and triggered floods and landslides that swept away buildings, homes and roads. Police and firefighters resumed a search for the missing early on Monday, warning that the number of victims [...]
Japan Nuclear Plant Damage – Japan’s trouble Fukushima nuclear power plant has for the first time been able to be inspected. Inspectors found more damage to the cores than they expected. Repairs to monitoring equipment revealed the new data, which also showed that the water level in the core of Unit 1 at the Fukushima [...]
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Tourists Return to Gold Coast – New figures show Queensland’s Gold Coast attracted more than 10 million tourists in the 12 months to September this year. Gold Coast Tourism chief executive officer Martin Winter says it is the first time the city has reached the 10 million mark in a 12-month period since 2008. Mr [...]
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Australian Bid Gets One Vote – Australia’s disappointment in losing out to Qatar for the right to host the 2022 World Cup has turned to devastation with the revelation that the team from Down Under received just one vote from the FIFA executive committee and was the first nation eliminated. It emerged that after Australia [...]
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