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1 online resource (12 pages : color illustrations, color map) |
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AsiaPacific issues, 1522-0966 ; no. 103 |
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Asia-Pacific issues ; no. 103.
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| Summary |
Over the past fifty years, Japan has developed one of the most advanced commercial nuclear power programs in the world. This is largely due to the government's broad repertoire of policy instruments that have helped further its nuclear power goals. These top-down directives have resulted in the construction of 54 plants and at least the appearance of widespread support for nuclear power. By the 1990s, however, this carefully cultivated public support was beginning to break apart. And following the earthquake and tsunami of March 2011 and resulting nuclear crisis in the Fukushima nuclear complex, the political and social landscape for energy in Japan has been dramatically altered. The crisis has raised and reinforced environmental concerns and health fears, as well as skepticism about information from government and corporate sources. A civil society that for decades has appeared weak and nonpartcipatory has awakened and citizens are carrying out bottom-up responses to the accident, effecting change with grassroots science and activism |
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Cover title |
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"January 2012." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 10-11) |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Nuclear industry -- Government policy -- Japan
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Nuclear energy -- Government policy -- Japan
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Fukushima Nuclear Disaster, Japan, 2011.
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Nuclear energy -- Government policy.
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Nuclear industry -- Government policy.
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Japan.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
East-West Center.
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