JAPAN: All reactors off by spring
The Japan Times reports that as the crisis continues at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant and thousands of people remain evacuated due to radiation fears, public sentiment has turned against allowing...
View ArticleThe History of Nuclear Power in Japan is a tale of Corruption
How did earthquake-prone Japan, where two atomic bombs were dropped at the end of World War II creating a strong antinuclear weapons culture, come to embrace nuclear power just a few decades later?...
View ArticleJAPAN: USA promoted atomic power in Japan
The Japan Times reports today that declassified papers show U.S. promoted atomic power in Japan. The United States used atomic power cooperation with Japan in the 1950s to ease the Japanese public's...
View Article6.2 magnitude quake hits Japan’s Fukushima Prefecture
An earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale jolted Japan's northeastern Fukushima Prefecture and its vicinity on early Monday Morning, said the Japan Meteorological Agency. The focus of the quake,...
View ArticleJAPAN: Saga Governor Urged Good Spin on Reactor Talks
Saga Gov. Yasushi Furukawa admitted Monday that he suggested the idea of soliciting emails during a government-sponsored TV program to express public support for restarting reactors at its Genkai...
View ArticleJAPAN: Update on the widening scandal of nuclear agency attempts to...
The Japan Times reported on Wednesday August 3 that a former senior official of the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency acknowledged Wednesday that he asked two more power companies to mobilize their...
View ArticleJAPAN: Business as Usual?
Tomari reactor first to go back fully online since 3/11 The Japan Times reports today that a reactor at the Tomari nuclear power plant in Hokkaido became the first to resume full commercial operation...
View ArticleJapan, like the USA, bails out corporations and their wealthy investors
Japan, like the USA bails out the rich.
View ArticlePeople in Fukushima protest government plans for business as usual
Fukushima business interests are declaring evacuation zone "safe."
View ArticleWhat will we learn 50 years from now regarding what our leaders are doing today?
I pondered that question as I read today an essay that has been recently released regarding the treatment of Hiroshima victims. Until now, little has been known regarding the fate of the victims of...
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