Ruling finds Japanese man died from overwork

"TOKYO, Japan (AP) -- A Japanese labor bureau has ruled that one of Toyota's top car engineers died from working too many hours, the latest in a string of such findings in a nation where extraordinarily long hours for some employees has long been the norm. The man who died...

Overwork deaths -- a consequence of Japan's strong work ethics

Only yesterday the news came around that China overtook Japan as the second largest economy in the world. Japan slipped to third place with a GDP of 3.7 trillion dollars. Japan still outperforms the economic powerhouses like India, Germany and Russia by a wide margin. But...

She Survived to Tell the World, A Holocaust Story

"In an age when Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad openly declares the Holocaust a myth, it is increasingly important to tell people the truth of what happened, and Tosia Schneidner has made that her life’s mission.“There is no occurrence that was better documented...

The Human Toll of Our Economic Death

Sitting out in the car last fall waiting for Diana to step out of the last remaining department store in a dilapidated mall that had been dying slowly for a few short years, it occurred to me that the moment represented the collapse of our nation. This store was closing its...

Caress Us with Lies from a Corrupt System

http://structuraleconissues.blogspot.com The cackles can be heard coming from behind every wall of this ‘windowless dirty room’ that where trapped within - with little or no hope of escape. Don’t worry every now and then they’ll throw us a dark moldy piece of stale...

News Consumer ADD Aside, the American Economic Woes Keep'a Coming

One of the problems with AmericanNews Consumers is that they are affected by some form of AttentionDeficit Disorder - though a story may remain important it is soonforced off the front page by readers/viewers hungry for the nextthing."June 6 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. lost jobs...