Guardian continued here
Focus-ticker translated from German
tokyo radiation
wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukushi...clear_accident
aljazeera: http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/
NHK world : http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/
Jiji news : http://translate.google.com/translat...26prmd%3Divnsu
BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12307698
Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/blog...aftermath-live
scienceblogs.de: http://www.scienceblogs.de/diaxs-rak...rkstorfall.php
worldnuclearnews: http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/default.aspx
this: http://bit.ly/hFI7H gsgs: http://twitter.com/gsgs2 more links to ILI-charts: http://bit.ly/CcRgT
economic and political impact of Japan earthquake
1450: BBC's Mark Gregory has been looking at the economic impact of the quake. Early estimates have put the cost at £112bn ($180bn), equal to 3% of national output. "That's a large burden for a nation that even before last week's disaster had the highest public debt - 200% of GDP - of any advanced economy," he says.
##eqecat earlier said $100B
1443: Andrew Coad, from Tokyo, writes: "For German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle to describe the nuclear events in Japan as an "apocalypse" is irresponsible in the extreme. At this point in time there has been no confirmed reports of any leakage of core material into the environment. So far it has been contained."
## Westerwelle desperately searching for something where he can get attention
## and make points. He's not popular ATM
1436: The IAEA says Monday's blast at Fukushima may have affected the integrity of the containment vessel - there are fears of more serious radioactive leaks if happen.
## Tepco should know, but won't tell us
intrade level 5,6,7 : 93,33,14
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03-16-2011, 06:44 AM
0625: Shares in Fukushima's operator TEPCO plunge 24%7 in Tokyo's trade, the AFP reports.
0623: Workers at the Fukushima plant have returned after being evacuated, CNN is quoting Tokyo Electric Power Company as saying.
0611: Tokyo stocks rebound sharply after Tuesday's dramatic plunge, with the Nikkei up 5.68%.
0524: Taro Kono, a Japanese opposition politician, criticises the government for not releasing information about the smoke above the Fukushima nuclear plant earlier. He tells the BBC that a three-hour delay in informing people has caused concern among the population.
0433: France is now urging its nationals in Tokyo to leave Japan or head to the south of the country, Reuters reports. It says Paris has asked the Air France carrier to provide planes for the evacuation.
0320: Staff have now been evacuated from Fukushima because of a spike in radiation levels, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano told a news conference.
0211 : The Daily Yomiuri tweets: "Tokyo Electric officials say the white smoke being reported at the Fukushima No1 nuclear plant could possibly be steam."
Nikkei225 = 9094 (+5.68%)
oil(WTI)=98.3
gold=1400
Yen/Euro=0.0089(+0.37%)
Intrade explosion 4,5,6 = 70,33,13
---- update:IAEA at 5,6,7: 89,59,17
Intrade IAEA level 5,6,7 = 94,55,12
Tepco(9501):921Yen = -25%
2100Yen before the Earthquake , now 921 Yen
market worth of the company = $17B , down from $35B
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03-16-2011, 07:27 AM
Focus live ticker in Deutsch:
in English:
http://translate.google.com/translat...6prmd%3Di vns
» Latest Japanese Earthquake Moved the Island Eight Feet Closer to U.S. West Coast
» After Quake in Northeast, Another Quake Hits Tokyo Area
» Wells FargoTeller Demands Two Forms Of ID From Robber
» After Quake in Japan, Germany Announces Shutdown of Seven Reactors
» Japanese Auto Manufacturers Shut Down Plants After Tsunami
» Obama Approval Rating Falls to 50 Percent
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quick future-charts : http://www.finviz.com/futures.ashx
hattip mixin
Tokyo Geiger counter :
hattip Samen
03-16-2011, 03:26 PM
Estimated Total Insured Losses at $12-25 Billion USD for M9 Tohoku Pacific Offshore Event
googling, how it was in Kobe:
total insured losses from the Kobe quake were only about $6 billion
although losses in the Kobe earthquake of 1995 topped $100 billion,
insured losses were in the region of $6 billion
After the Kobe earthquake of 1995 insured losses amounted to USD3.5bn
although economic losses were close to USD100bn
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BBC
0515:Australia to advise its citizens to leave Tokyo and its vicinity
0503(GMT?):Asahi Shimbun says the country is facing "an unprecedented national crisis".
(subsequently referring to Fukushima)
0454: Radiation level unchanged despite choppers dousing reactor - Kyodo, quoting Tepco.
0401: Ceiling of Reactor 4 reduced to frame,
0358: The US is chartering aircraft to Tokyo help Americans leave Japan
0336: Reactor 4 still had water in its spent-fuel pool as of Wednesday
0312: a similar rise in the value of the yen took place after the Kobe earthquake in 1995
0138: The Bank of Japan has pumped an extra five trillion yen into the money markets which have been shaken by the quake, tsunami and unfolding nuclear power plant drama. The move raises its total funds injected since Monday to 33 trillion yen. In early trading on Thursday the benchmark Nikkei index has plunged more than four percent
0110: And US nuclear experts believe there is no water left in Reactor 4's cooling pool, meaning radiation levels are extremely high there.
0057: There are two helicopters now working above Reactor 3 - NHK television. Each is capable of dropping 7.5 tonnes of water, it says.
0044: Japanese Economics Minister Kaoru Yosano says the yen's jump is driven by speculative moves, denying that Japanese insurers' currency repatriation is behind the surge - Reuters
0043: The Bank of Japan offers to inject a further 5tn yen ($61bn) into the banking
0005: (Fukushima Dai-ni, has reportedly been cooled down safely).
0004: It's 0904 local time after another freezing night in the north.
2011/03/17
intrade expl 4,5,6 = 50,20,10
intrade IAEA 5,6,7 = 74,50,14
Nikkey225 = 8963 (-1.44%)
Oil(WTI)=99.12
Gold=1394
Dow Jones=11613(-2.04%)
Euro/Yen=110.21(~-3%)
Tepco:798(-13.4%)
Japan 5y CDS = 130(+22.5) (76 last week)
iTraxx Japan = 153(+13)
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2011/03/18,08:00UTC
Nikkei225=9207(+2.7%)
Oil(WTI)=102.6
Gold=1413
Dow Jones=11775(+1.4%)
Tepco(9501)=948(+19%)
Yen/Euro=0.00869(-3.3%)
$/Yen=81.87
Japan CDS =104.5(-13)
iTraxx Japan = 129(-21)
Bank or Japan support = $451B (+$45B)
Intrade IAEA level 5,6,7 = 53,33,10
dead and missing: 16600
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