Timeline -- Annual average exchange rates -- Acronyms and abbreviations -- Introduction -- Independent administrative institutions: in name only -- Amakudari in the Ministries' IAIs, public corporations, research institutes and affiliated agencies: the insidious side -- 'Information-sharing' is not a buzz-word in Japan: press clubs insulate an insular political economy -- Elements intrinsic to Japan's political economy: interlocking interests between an elite bureaucracy and big business -- The DNA of Japan's post-war political system: ultra-conservative to the core -- Pork-barrel patronage in the prefectures: the proliferation of nuclear power plants -- Japan's nuclear criss: the routes to responsibility -- The Japan system: indestructible but destructive
Summary
"Investigation of the disaster will pose questions regarding why Daiichi was constructed in an earthquake-prone zone and was still operating despite problems that had been plaguing the reactors since 1989 such as cracks in infrastructure and leaks in radioactivity. This book analyses and explores the impact of Japans 2011 nuclear crisis."--Publisher's website
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 234-235) and index
