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The midwife that killed infants – Part 3

This article is a continuation of ‘The midwife that killed infants – Part 2’. After performing autopsies on infants found that they had died from natural causes. Babies do not have food in their stomachs, lungs also showed signs of pneumonia and their bodies were malnourished. The researchers concluded that the death of the infants […]

The midwife that killed infants – Part 2

This article is a continuation of ‘The midwife that killed infants – Part 1’. The exact number of victims is unknown, but the confirmed cases indicate that Miyuki killed at least 103 newborns. His modus operandi was to deny care to infants until they died of hunger and thirst and exhausted by the constant cries […]

The midwife that killed infants – Part 1

The increased number of babies in the hospital, and lack of social services and low income of parents of babies, forced the midwife to do the unimaginable. In the early 40’s, Miyuki Ishikawa worked as director of the Kotobuki maternity hospital in Tokyo, Japan. The insane pressure Miyuki felt was left to die hundreds of […]

PTI chief criticizes President Zardari’s visit to India

In quite an odd move, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan flayed severe criticism on President Zardari for his visit to India in the wake of the tragedy afflicted on Pakistan army in Siachin. While addressing a public gathering College Ground Abbottabad, he prayed for the safe recovery of soldiers buried under an avalanche in […]

Takeshi Matsuda and Haruka Ueda dominate swimming events – Tatsumi International Pool

Takeshi Matsuda and Haruka Ueda dominate swimming events – Tatsumi International Pool Takeshi Matsuda and Haruka Ueda dominated the swimming events on third day of the Tatsumi International Pool in Tokyo, Japan. Matsuda remained dominant over his competitors in the Men’s 200m freestyle final, where he touched the wall in a time of 1 minute […]

Japanese not to be fazed by North Korean missile threat

Naoki Tanaka has said that Japan will not hesitate in shooting down the North Korean missile should it become a threat to Japan’s territorial security Japanese have sent a strong message to North Korea by saying that they will shoot down the missile the communists are preparing for launch next month if the direction becomes […]

Former executives, bankers arrested over Olympus fraud

(Reuters) – Three former executives of disgraced medical equipment and camera maker Olympus Corp were arrested on Thursday over their role in a $1.7 billion accounting fraud, one of Japan’s biggest corporate scandals. The three had been identified by an investigative panel, commissioned by the company, as the main culprits in the fraud, seeking to […]

United States and Japan commit to strengthen robust security alliance

United States and Japan commit to strengthen robust security alliance Washington DC: (Wednesday, February 08, 2012) in a joint statement on Defense posture, issued by USA and Japan, both the countries have expressed their resolve to strengthen their military ties to ensure the security of the Asia Pacific region. The joint statement, released in both […]

Japan finds way to prosperity via tax rate increase – Part 1

Japan’s government said it will probably miss its goal of balancing the budget by 2020 even with its proposed doubling of the sales tax, underscoring the scale of the nation’s fiscal challenges. The primary budget deficit, which excludes the cost of servicing debt, will be the equivalent of 3.1 percent of gross domestic product for […]

Japan finds way to prosperity via tax rate increase – Part 2

The yen traded little changed today at 77.04 per dollar as of 2:44 p.m., compared with the postwar high of 75.35 reached on Oct. 31. Toyota Motor Corp. Chief Executive Officer Akio Toyoda said this month the “ideal” rate is 90. Asia’s largest automaker cut its profit forecast by more than half in December. A […]

The Euro crisis receives another blow: S&P re-evaluates the rankings of European countries – Part 1

The Eurozone is attracting opprobrium from every side. On the top, public is raising questions on the economic prosperity of the region, the sides are being attacked by the shortfall of internal consumption and Euro is losing its value at the bottom. However, the Euro countries have recently been attacked at the front by Standard […]

The Euro crisis receives another blow: S&P re-evaluates the rankings of European countries – Part 2

France came down from AAA rating to AA+ while Italy and Spain’s ratings were down two notches, reading even worst news from France. Austria was cut to AA+ from AAA; Cyprus to BB+ from BBB; Italy to BBB+ from A; Malta to A- from A; Portugal to BB from BBB-; the Slovak Republic to A […]

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