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Archive for the ‘Japan’ Category

Hot Spots from the Society for Cultural Anthropology

Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011

Cultural Anthropology, the journal of the Society for Cultural Anthropology, has begun a new forum “to report on current ‘hot spots’ in the world from the perspective of anthropologists—and others—on the scene,” called Hot Spots.

Its first focus is on Japan in the wake of the disasters of March 11 – the earthquake, tsunami, and subsequent nuclear disaster.

Nuclear Protest in Japan

Monday, August 1st, 2011

Nuclear Power in Japan Satire

Monday, May 23rd, 2011

Origins – “‘The Energy of a Bright Tomorrow’: The Rise of Nuclear Power in Japan”

Tuesday, May 17th, 2011

From the Origins blog – “‘The Energy of a Bright Tomorrow’: The Rise of Nuclear Power in Japan”

The devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan this past March left the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant crippled and the world worrying about the consequences of this nuclear disaster. This month Craig D. Nelson looks at the long relationship the Japanese have had with nuclear power to explore the paradox of how the nation that suffered nuclear destruction in 1945 came to embrace nuclear energy so enthusiastically.

Is Japan as bad as Chernobyl?

Wednesday, May 11th, 2011

These Youtube videos feature discussion on whether the nuclear explosion and subsequent radiation exposure have been as bad at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant as they were after the disaster at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the Ukraine, in 1986.

VIDEO: Japanese Citizens Angry at Officials over Radiation

Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011

Press TV – “Japanese govt. under fire for schoolyard radiation”

Photographs from an anti-nukes rally in Koenji

Monday, May 2nd, 2011

Japan and Atomic Power

Monday, May 2nd, 2011

Bulletin of the Atomic Sciences – “Japan’s  nuclear history in perspective: Eisenhower and atoms for war and peace” (April 13, 2011)

John Dower article (In Japanese)

Radiation Effects on the Environment and People

Monday, April 25th, 2011

Here are a few links to information on how the radiation exposure following the destruction at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant will affect people and the environment.

Ourplanet TV – In Japanese

Greenpeace Press Release – “Greenpeace condems move to raise radiation exposure levels for Japanese children”

Recap from Makeruna Japan Event

Wednesday, April 20th, 2011

The Rice4Japan event was held Wednesday, April 13, 2011, and featured speakers, including President David Leebron.

The links below are to documents related to the event.

Earthquake Assessment Document with Photographs (In Japanese)

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan – “Nuclear Accident at the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Station”

Japan Overview Powerpoint

Elapsing Map of Japan Earthquake Epicenter

Political Map of Northeast Japan

Duncan College Panel on the Japanese Earthquake and the Aftermath – “Nuclear Crisis in Japan”