by Jason Bartashius / Japan Times / July 30, 2014 / Over the past three years, the atomic bombing anniversaries in August have increasingly become a time to ask new questions. How did the only country to experience nuclear bombings come to embrace nuclear power, a decision that ultimately led to the ongoing crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 plant? Does Japan have the capability or political will to create … Continue reading →
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by Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry / via theweek.com / March 5, 2014 / Energy is arguably the single most important strategic issue of our time. It literally powers everything we do. The world economy see-saws to the gyrations of oil prices. Most of our geopolitical squabbles are about energy in one way or another. And, of course, above all hovers the “threatening Armageddon of global climate change”. [emphasis added] But when it … Continue reading →
Continue readingvia Enformable.com / February 27, 2014 / After nearly four years of requests from the United States and recent protests from China, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga confirmed on Wednesday that Japan will return its stockpile of highly concentrated plutonium that was purchased during the 1960s and 1970s from the United States and the United Kingdom. Japan has told the United States that it will return the weapons-grade plutonium if … Continue reading →
Continue readingA lecture by Dr. Robert Jacobs, Hiroshima Peace Institute, Hiroshima City University. Hosted by the Center for Glocal Studies, Seijo University, Tokyo, Japan. June 29, 2013 Rights to this video are held by Seijo University, Tokyo. No commercial use wit…
Continue readingvia AJC / July 31, 2012 / A contentious debate over nuclear power in Japan is bringing another question out of the shadows: Should Japan keep open the possibility of making nuclear weapons — even if only as an option? It may seem surprising in the on…
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