June 2, APJ Editors- Popular culture has long been an important tool used by the Japanese government and energy companies to promote nuclear power. In the two months since the 3.11 quake and the beginning of the Fukushima crisis, Japanese netizens have circulated key examples as a reminder of past propaganda. This 1993 video “Our Reliable Friend Pluto” was produced … [Read more...] about Songs for Fukushima 福島のための歌数曲
Environment/環境
Dangers of — and Subsidies to — U.S. Nuclear Industry
Institute for Public Accuracy Friday, May 13, 2011 Dangers of -- and Subsidies to -- U.S. Nuclear Industry The Boston Globe reports today: "Nuclear plant emergency generators like those that failed in Japan following the March earthquake and tsunami also failed during tests at the Seabrook Station in New Hampshire and … [Read more...] about Dangers of — and Subsidies to — U.S. Nuclear Industry
Why Kan and some gov officials suddenly seem anti-nuclear
A few interesting comments I have heard.. A) Knowing that the DPJ and LDP have both promoted nuclear power because they get money from the industry, why is Kan suddenly anti-nuclear in his closing of Hamaoka for the time being? B) Why did one of his advisers, rapidly pro nuclear himself, suddenly quit the Kan advisory position he held?I t could be that they … [Read more...] about Why Kan and some gov officials suddenly seem anti-nuclear
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Radiation for Children’s Day: Japan Callously Puts Thousands of Kids in Harm’s Way
By ROBERT ALVAREZMay 5 is Children's Day, a Japanese national holiday that celebrates the happiness of childhood. This year, it will fall under a dark, radioactive shadow.Japanese children in the path of radioactive plumes from the crippled nuclear reactors at the Fukushima Dai-Ichi power station are likely to suffer health problems that a recent government action will only … [Read more...] about Radiation for Children’s Day: Japan Callously Puts Thousands of Kids in Harm’s Way