Tag Archives: Kaminoseki

Sea of Miracles via Patagonia

Posted on 2018/01/02 by nfield

 

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New Japanese nuclear power plant project given go ahead by local authorities via RT

Posted on 2016/08/04 by norma field

Yamaguchi prefecture in Japan has renewed a landfill license for construction of a new nuclear power plant. The license was halted after the Fukushima disaster. The renewal comes amid heated debate on whether Japan needs new reactors at all. The … Continue reading →

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Yamaguchi Prefecture renews license for new nuclear plant project via The Japan Times

Posted on 2016/08/03 by yukimiyamotodepaul

YAMAGUCHI – The Yamaguchi Prefectural Government on Wednesday renewed a license for Chugoku Electric Power Co. to reclaim land for a new nuclear power plant in the western prefecture, surprising and angering local residents opposed to the project. Whether to … Continue reading →

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AAA 2013 Roundtable, Narrating the Nuclear: Anthropologists and Others Engage with the Atomic Era

Posted on 2013/07/04 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

November 24 Hilton Hotel, Downtown Chicago, Grand Ballroom Part I “Nuclear Weaponry”: 8:00am-9:45am, As part of AAA Executive Program Committee (executive session) Part II: “Nuclear Energy”: 10:15am-12:00pm, As part of Society for East Asian Anthropology (invited session) Organizers: Mark Auslander(Central … Continue reading →

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Kan hits Abe’s nuclear salesmanship via The Japan Times

Posted on 2013/06/17 by norma field

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is engaging in “inhumane” activity as an aggressive “salesman for Japan’s nuclear village” by peddling the power technology overseas, Naoto Kan, who was in charge of the nation during the mega-earthquake, tsunami and nuclear calamity in … Continue reading →

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ASHES TO HONEY: Documenting the movement against nuclear power in Japan! via Zakka Films

Posted on 2012/12/05 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

For 28 years, the people of Iwaishima Island, living in the middle of the beautiful Inland Sea, have been opposing a plan to build a nuclear power plant. The island has a 1000-year history during which people have preserved their … Continue reading →

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Fukushima Watch: Anti-Nuclear Candidate Gains Ground in Yamaguchi Race via The Wall Street Journal

Posted on 2012/07/24 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

Pro- and anti-nuclear candidates are again locked in battle in a Japanese local election. But while pro-nuclear candidates have had the upper hand in all post-Fukushima elections until now, a clean slate of newcomers has made the gubernatorial contest in … Continue reading →

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The Kaminoseki Nuclear Power Plant: Community Conflicts and the Future of Japan’s Rural Periphery via Japan Focus

Posted on 2011/10/10 by norma field

Ashes to Honey is one of two films on the Kaminoseki plant controversy released in 2010, along with Houri no Shima (Sacred Island) by Hanabusa Aya. The two films, both the work of independent women filmmakers, focus on the residents … Continue reading →

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The Kaminoseki Nuclear Power Plant: Community Conflicts and the Future of Japan’s Rural Periphery via Japan Focus

Posted on 2011/10/09 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

Tomomi Yamaguchi Summary The article explores the controversy surrounding the construction of the Kaminoseki nuclear power plant in Yamaguchi prefecture. While briefly introducing opposition activism against the plant, I introduce the voices of proponents of the plant. By doing so, … Continue reading →

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Japan Vote Hinges on Nuclear Energy via The Wall Street Journal

Posted on 2011/09/24 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Mayor Who Has Backed Reactor Plan Faces Anti-Nuke Challenger KAMINOSEKI, Japan—This small fishing village has become the next front in Japan’s battle over nuclear power, with an anti-nuclear protester threatening to oust the pro-nuclear mayor in an election Sunday. At … Continue reading →

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