Blog posts tagged "Japan"

October 31, 2011 2:47 pm 6 Comments

If Japanese corporate confidence sneezes we could all catch a cold that our immune systems are in no shape to combat.

April 13, 2011 7:31 am 8 Comments

Can an exhibition about Afghanistan's past teach us about the country's future, asks Jon Snow.

April 12, 2011 7:36 am 28 Comments

As the Japanese authorities rate the Fukushima crisis at the highest level, on a par with Chernobyl, Jon Snow looks at how they have dealt with the accident and the public reaction.

March 28, 2011 7:31 am 40 Comments

Jon Snow struggles to extrapolate the truth about the state of Japan's nuclear situation from the mire of conflicting reports. Does anyone really know what's going on?

March 22, 2011 9:33 am 5 Comments

Jon has received a poignant letter from a European woman in Sendai. She describes a town where people leave their doors open and neighbours leave food for each other on porches; 'a return to the good old days'.

March 15, 2011 7:55 am 47 Comments

What are the implications for nuclear power from the crisis in Japan? Jon Snow looks at the future.

March 13, 2011 5:22 pm 39 Comments

I'm writing this from Sendai in Japan, in the aftermath of one of the biggest earthquakes in the country's history.

March 12, 2011 11:56 am 14 Comments

The contrast with Haiti where infrastructure was so crude and here where it is so sophisticated, is acute. The death toll will reflect it.