With sevenyear lows. Those low oil prices are pressuring gas prices which today according to aaa fell below 2 a gallon nationwide on average for the First Time Since 2009. Thats the depths of the great recession. To put that into perspective, that price is cheaper than a gallon of milk and a dozen eggs. And as Jackie Deangelis reports, thats saving americans a lot of money. Reporter the world is awash with oil, and prices continue to decline. The theme of lower for longer expected to last well into the new year. Its a problem for big oil, Energy Companies and the stock market. But its been a boon for consumers. As predicted by aaa, the National Average for a gallon of regular gas has fallen under 2. More than 2 3 of u. S. Gas stations are selling gas below that price. Translation americans have saved more than 115 billion o gas this year. Roughly 550 per licensed driver. It is the holiday gift thats going to keep on giving. We could actually go about 10 to 20 cents lower from where we
Yachi, met with Chinese State counselor yang jiechi. Japanese officials want to hold the summit without any conditions. But their chinese counterpart said japan should first recognize there is an issue of sovereignty over islands in the east china sea. Japan controls the Senkaku Islands. China and taiwan claim them. The japanese government maintains the islands are an inherent part of japans territory. It says there is no issue of sovereignty to be resolved. China also said it wants abe to state clearly that he wont make any more visits to yasukuni shrine. The shrine in tokyo honors japans war dead. Those remembered include leaders convicted of war crimes after world war ii. Prime minister abe will fly on sunday to join other World Leaders at the apec meeting in beijing. Japanese Officials Say they have been engaged in quiet negotiations with their chinese counterparts on how to improve bilateral ties. They released the document that lays out their fourpoint agreement. It says that bot
Japanese officials want to hold the summit without any conditions. But their chinese counterpart said japan should first recognize there is an issue of sovereignty over islands in the east china sea. Japan controls the Senkaku Islands. China and taiwan claim them. The japanese government maintains the islands are an inherent part of japans territory. It says there is no issue of sovereignty to be resolved. China also said it wants abe to state clearly that he wont make any more visits to yasukuni shrine. The shrine in tokyo honors japans war dead. Those remembered include leaders convicted of war crimes after world war ii. Prime minister abe will fly on sunday to join other World Leaders at the apec meeting in beijing. Japanese Officials Say they have been engaged in quiet negotiations with their chinese counterparts on how to improve bilateral ties. They released the document that lays out their fourpoint agreement. It says that both governments have affirmed they will uphold principl
Researchers on both sides of the pacific are working to track the effects of japans Nuclear Accident on blue fin tuna. A team of american scientists at stanfordniversity reported last year they detected low levels of radioactive cesium in 33 of 50 blue fin caught off the coast of california. Team members said damaged Fukushima Daiichi plant was the source of the contamination. They made their conclusion based on levels o cesium 134 which has half life of about two years and only produced by nuclear reactors. The japanese and u. S. Researchers are trying to start a joint study to determine how the toxins got into tuna. Nhk world indepth. Reporter professor yamasaki has been studying marine creatures in the waters off fukushima prefecture. Translator we estimated concentration levels to be so low they wouldnt be detectable in the u. S. , but fact they found contaminated fish off the coast of the u. S. Really shocked us. Even if the figures are extremely low. Reporter yamazaki says the le
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