Tag Archives: Roger Pulvers

For how much longer will Japan’s fate remain in the hands of amateurs? via The Japan Times Online

Roger Pulvers … How can the Japanese people rediscover the sense of accomplishment and hope that sustained them for decades following the end of World War II in 1945? The fact is, however, that this question cannot be seriously addressed … Continue reading

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Post-Fukushima, ‘they’ can no longer be trusted — if ever they could via The Japan Times Online

Every year when I was a child, my parents would take my brother and me from our Los Angeles home to Las Vegas on vacation. Back then in the 1950s, Vegas was still a family-oriented holiday destination. Dad would drop … Continue reading

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Conditions are ripe for the volcano of Japan’s betrayed to erupt again via The Japan Times Online

Postwar Japan was rife with polemics. Thick magazines such as Chuo Koron, Sekai and many others that carried in-depth analysis and cutting comment were read and discussed by people of all classes and shades of opinion, left, right and center. … Continue reading

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«Murakami, the No-Nuclear Principles, Nuclear Power and the Bomb via Japan Focus

Roger Pulvers Murakami Haruki’s brilliant speech on June 9 in Barcelona, Spain, delivered in acceptance of the International Catalunya Prize, has contributed to the resetting of the anti-nuclear agenda in Japan. In January 2009, in his acceptance speech for the … Continue reading

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