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Title Asbestos disaster : lessons from Japan's experience / Kenichi Miyamoto, Kenji Morinaga, Hiroyuki Mori, Editors
Published Tokyo ; New York : Springer, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 318 pages) : illustrations
Contents Machine generated contents note: 1. Political Economy of Asbestos Disasters / Hiroyuki Mori -- 1.1. Impact of Asbestos Disasters -- 1.2. Social Scientific Perspective on Asbestos Disasters -- 1.2.1. Complex-Stock Disasters -- 1.2.2. Issue of Responsibility for Asbestos Disasters -- 1.3. Economic Analysis of Occupational Safety and Health -- 1.3.1. Labor Economics Approach -- 1.3.2. Post-Keynesian Economics Approach -- 1.3.3. Institutional Economics Approach -- 1.3.4. Marxian Economics Approach -- 1.4. Toward a Political Economy of Asbestos Disasters -- Notes -- References -- 2. Exploration of Measures Against Industrial Asbestos Accidents / Kenichi Miyamoto -- 2.1. Industrial Asbestos Accidents and the Status of Current Countermeasures -- 2.1.1. Status of Asbestos Exposure and Relief Measures -- 2.1.2. Epidemiological Studies (and Projections) -- 2.1.3
Note continued: 4. Asbestos Pollution and Its Health Effects: Asbestos-Related Diseases in Japan / Yasushi Shinohara -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. Postwar Asbestos Use in Japan -- 4.3. Current Asbestos-Related Disease Trends -- 4.3.1. Types of Asbestos-Related Diseases -- 4.3.2. Pulmonary Asbestosis -- 4.3.3. Lung Cancer -- 4.3.4. Mesothelioma -- 4.3.5. Benign Asbestos Pleurisy -- 4.4. Workers Accident Insurance Compensation for Patients with Asbestos-Related Diseases -- 4.5. Relief Measures for Mesothelioma and Asbestos-Induced Lung Cancer Patients -- 4.5.1. Relief Benefits -- 4.5.2. Special Benefit for Bereaved Families -- 4.6. Concluding Remarks -- References -- 5. Mesothelioma Due to Neighborhood Asbestos Exposure: A Large-Scale, Ongoing Disaster Among Residents Living Near a Former Kubota Plant in Amagasaki, Japan / Shinji Kumagai -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. Beginning -- 5.3. Proposal for an Epidemiological Survey -- 5.4. Interim Developments -- 5.5. Results of Epidemiological Survey -- 5.5.1. Confirmation of Asbestos Exposure and Underlying Cause of Death -- 5.5.2. Subjects for Analysis -- 5.5.3. Emitting Source of Crocidolite in the Study Area -- 5.5.4. Risk of Mesothelioma Among the Residents -- 5.6. Estimation of Asbestos Fiber Concentrations -- 5.7. Concluding Remarks -- References -- 6. Asbestos Disasters and Public Policy: From the Prewar Era Through the Postwar Economic Boom / Hiroyuki Mori -- 6.1. Nexus of the Problem -- 6.2. Shadow Player Behind the Development of Japan's Modern Industry -- 6.2.1. Dawn of the Asbestos Industry -- 6.2.2. Asbestos Industry and Wartime Economic Controls -- 6.2.3. Asbestos Industry and Postwar Reconstruction -- 6.2.4. Asbestos Industry and the Phase of Rapid Economic Growth -- 6.3. Policy Conflicts Within the Government -- 6.4. Sennan District as a Center of the Japanese Asbestos Industry
Note continued: 6.4.1. Asbestos Textile Products: Their Purpose and Role -- 6.4.2. Prestige of Sennan's Asbestos Textile Factories -- 6.4.3. Asbestos Product Manufacturing Processes in Sennan and Public Regulations -- 6.4.4. Government and the Sennan District -- 6.5. Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- 7. Persistent Thorns: Responsibility for Asbestos Disasters / Masafumi Kato -- 7.1. Introduction -- 7.2. Kubota Asbestos Disaster -- 7.2.1. Impact of the Kubota Shock on Amagasaki -- 7.2.2. Tears of Grief -- 7.2.3. Whistleblowers -- 7.2.4. Inside the Factory -- 7.2.5. Formal Apology -- 7.2.6. Ambiguous Responsibility -- 7.2.7. Circumstantial Evidence -- 7.2.8. First Lawsuit Against Kubota -- 7.3. Sennan Asbestos Disaster -- 7.3.1. Sennan, Osaka: The Birthplace of Japan's Asbestos Industry -- 7.3.2. Asbestos Slum -- 7.3.3. Damage Lawsuit Against the Government -- ̂ 7.3.4. Why the Neglect? -- 7.3.5. Beyond the Limits of Social Tolerance -- 7.4. Further Issues -- 7.4.1. Epidemiological Studies -- 7.4.2. From Relief to Compensation -- Reference -- 8. Asbestos Industry Transplants from Japan to South Korea / Shinjiro Minami -- 8.1. Introduction -- 8.2. History of South Korea's Asbestos Industry -- 8.2.1. Development of Asbestos Mining Operations in South Korea -- 8.2.2. South Korean Asbestos Production, Consumption, and Industry Growth and Decline -- 8.2.3. South Korea's Asbestos Industry and Factors Contributing to Growth in Domestic Demand -- 8.2.4. Advent of Asbestos Regulations in South Korea -- 8.3. Asbestos Disasters and Japanese Corporate Operations in South Korea -- 8.3.1. Overview of Japanese Corporate Operations in South Korea -- 8.3.2. Jeil Asbestos (Jeil Chemical) -- 8.3.3. Dong Yang Asbestos Industry -- 8.3.4. Union Asbestos -- 8.4. Asbestos Disasters in Japan and South Korea and the "Exportation of Pollution"
Note continued: 8.4.1. Exportation of Pollution and the Social Costs -- 8.4.2. Exportation of Asbestos Pollution to South Korea -- 8.5. International Proliferation of Asbestos Disasters -- Notes -- References -- 9. Inaction on Asbestos Disasters and Delayed Countermeasures / Norio Obata -- 9.1. Introduction -- 9.2. Diversity of Causes and the Realities of Asbestos Contamination and Harm -- 9.3. Government Inaction on the Asbestos Problem -- 9.3.1. Government Response to Date -- 9.3.2. Failed Legislative Drive -- 9.4. Uncoordinated Response of Government Agencies -- 9.4.1. Efforts by the Government and Its Agencies -- 9.4.2. Less-than-Sweeping Precautionary Approach -- 9.5. Inadequate Asbestos Management Rules and Standards -- 9.5.1. From Occupational Illnesses (Workplace Disasters) to Industrial Pollution -- 9.5.2. Necessity of Systematic Standards Reflecting an Awareness of the Asbestos Lifecycle -- 9.6. Responsibilities of Large Companies -- 9.7. Act on Asbestos Health Damage Relief: Establishment and Selected Problems of Funding Obligations -- 9.8. Closing Remarks -- Notes -- Reference -- 10. Process Tracing of Asbestos Politics in Japan: Focus on Fiscal Years 2005 and 2006 / Michiya Mori -- 10.1. Introduction -- 10.2. Asbestos and the Political Context -- 10.3. Repercussions of the Kubota Shock: July 2005 -- 10.4. National Government Policies on Asbestos, Part 1: August 2005 -- 10.5. National Government Policies on Asbestos, Part 2: September 2005 -- 10.6. Decision-making Process Over the Act on Asbestos Health Damage Relief: October 2005 to January 2006 -- 10.7. Relief for Victims Enters a New Stage: February 2006 to March 2007 -- 10.8. Concluding Remarks -- Notes -- References -- 11. Future Challenges for Asbestos Policy in the Construction Industry / Kazuhiko Ishihara -- 11.1. Introduction
Note continued: 11.2. Asbestos Measures in the Construction Industry: Current Conditions and Challenges -- 11.3. Challenge for Measures Against Stock Asbestos in Buildings -- 11.3.1. Problems Associated with Maintenance -- 11.3.2. Problems Posed by Stock Asbestos When Buildings are Demolished -- 11.3.3. Problems Posed by Removal Methods for Sprayed Asbestos Coatings -- 11.4. Challenges for Measures Against Asbestos-Related Diseases in Construction Industry Workers -- 11.4.1. Incidence of Asbestos-Related Diseases Among Tokyo Doken Union Members -- 11.4.2. Problems with Workers Accident Compensation Eligibility and Compensation Amounts for Patients with Asbestos-Related Diseases -- 11.4.3. Construction-Related Asbestos Litigation in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area -- 11.5. In Lieu of a Conclusion -- 12. Local Government Measures Against Asbestos: Tokyo Metropolitan and Osaka Prefectural Governments as Case Studies / Kazuhisa Hiraoka -- 12.1. Introduction -- 12.2. Local Government Role in the Asbestos Policy Arena and the Status of Current Efforts -- 12.2.1. Environmental and Disaster Policy Doctrine and Local Government Measures Regarding Asbestos -- 12.2.2. Overview of Local Government Measures Against Asbestos -- 12.3. Tokyo Metropolis Measures Against Asbestos -- 12.3.1. Tokyo Metropolitan Government Measures -- 12.3.2. Nerima City Measures -- 12.4. Osaka Prefecture Measures Against Asbestos -- 12.4.1. Asbestos Pollution Countermeasures in Osaka Prefecture to the End of the 1970s -- 12.4.2. Asbestos Pollution Countermeasures in Osaka Prefecture from the 1980s -- 12.5. Closing Remarks -- Notes -- References -- 13. Asbestos Litigation in Japan: Recent Trends and Related Issues / Katsumi Matsumoto -- 13.1. Introduction -- 13.2. Comparative Review of Asbestos Litigation in Japan and the US -- 13.2.1. US Trends -- ̂ 13.2.2. Features of Asbestos Litigation in Japan
Note continued: 13.3. Theoretical Issues for Asbestos Litigation in Japan -- 13.3.1. Causal Relationships -- 13.3.2. Predictability -- 13.3.3. Prescription -- 13.3.4. National Government Liability and the Product Liability of Asbestos Companies -- 13.4. Conclusions -- 14. French Indemnification Fund for Asbestos Victims: Features and Formative Historical Factors: Preliminary Observations for a Comparative Analysis of Asbestos Relief Frameworks / Gakuto Takamura -- 14.1. Introduction -- 14.2. Historical Factors -- 14.2.1. Delayed Restrictions on Asbestos Use -- 14.2.2. Principles of the Workers Accident Compensation Law of 1898 -- 14.2.3. FIVA Challenge -- 14.3. FIVA Framework -- 14.4. Compensation Specifics -- 14.5. Current Issues -- 14.6. Concluding Remarks -- Notes -- References
Summary Japan's asbestos disasters, encompassing both occupational disease and environmental pollution, have been caused principally by the asbestos textile, asbestos cement water pipe, and construction industries. This book is unique in its interdisciplinary approach to those disasters as it incorporates medical science, economics, political science, law, architecture, environmental engineering, sociology, and journalism. Written by authorities in their fields, the chapters reflect the integration of these disciplines in topics that include a historical review of asbestos issues in Japan, asbestos-related diseases, international aspects of the asbestos industry, public policy, divisions of responsibility, relief activities in emergencies, and countermeasures enacted by local governments. The lessons of asbestos problems and policies in Japan are particularly important for developing countries to prevent the proliferation of asbestos disasters. This volume serves as a textbook on asbestos issues for all countries, especially where there is widespread use of asbestos
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Asbestos -- Japan
Asbestos -- Law and legislation -- Japan
Asbestos abatement.
Products liability -- Asbestos -- Japan
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Environmental -- Pollution Control.
Environnement.
Climat.
Asbestos
Asbestos abatement
Asbestos -- Law and legislation
Products liability -- Asbestos
Japan
Form Electronic book
Author Miyamoto, Ken'ichi, 1930-
Morinaga, Kenji.
Mori, Hiroyuki, 1967-
ISBN 9784431539155
4431539158