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Japanese tsunami debris still washing on U.S. shore

2015-03-17 20:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Debris from Japan's 2011 tsunami will continue to litter the North American coastline over the next three years, with everything from refrigerators to lumber and sports balls still floating offshore in the Pacific, an expert said on Tuesday. About one million tons of debris was still lingering in the Pacific Ocean four years after a magnitude 9.0 earthquake, the most powerful ever recorded in Japan, set off a series of massive tsunami waves that devastated a wide swathe of Honshu's Pacific coastline...

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Japanese businesses now employ 71K workers in Ohio

2015-03-17 01:16:56| Automakers - Topix.net

The Consulate General of Japan in Detroit released its annual survey of employment by Japanese companies in the state. Those businesses added 1,464 workers in 2014 versus the previous year, bringing Ohio employment to 70,985 across 422 facilities as of Oct. 1. Roughly 60 percent of those jobs are in manufacturing with 51 percent of that being the automotive sector.

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