nuclear power
Fukushima now a global disaster
October 8, 2013More than two years after the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl and after more than two years of denial and cover-up, the Japanese government on Oct. 6, through Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, has requested global aid.
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Japan’s right: going nuke?
October 17, 2012Behind the current impasse over five tiny specks of land in the East China Sea is an influential right-wing movement in Japan.
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Japan withdraws goal of no nukes by 2040
September 25, 2012If the Japanese government continues to cater to corporate interests, critics fear, it will accommodate neither public demand nor scientific fact.
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Japan abandoning nuclear power by 2040
September 19, 2012The global nuclear industry faces tough times - and activists feel optimistic - in light of historic news that Japan has decided to abandon nuclear power.
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In Japan, thousands protest nuclear power
July 18, 2012This comes one year after Japan was struck by the earthquake- and tsunami-triggered Fukushima Daichi disaster.
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