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Former Japanese PM Naoto Kan: ‘Fukushima radically changed my perspective’ via DW

Posted on 2015/02/25 by yukimiyamotodepaul

How has the Fukushima disaster changed Japan? Former PM Naoto Kan talks to DW about the influence of the nuclear industry lobby while criticizing the current government for its push to restart the idled nuclear reactors. […] In an exclusive … Continue reading →

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No nukes are good nukes: former Japanese PM’s advice to Ireland via thejournal.ie

Posted on 2014/09/12 by norma field

THE JAPANESE LEADER who was in charge of pick up the pieces after the Fukushima reactor disaster has warned Ireland against following in his country’s nuclear footsteps. Former prime minister Naoto Kan today told a panel of Irish energy-industry heavy … Continue reading →

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Fukushima plant chief rapped gov’t for not sharing sense of crisis via Kyodo News International (Global Post)

Posted on 2014/09/11 by norma field

The late chief of the disaster-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant criticized politicians in his testimony, saying they completely failed to grasp the dire situation that workers faced at the height of the crisis, and that they only brought about further … Continue reading →

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[Japan’s nuclear disaster] Toxic legacy via The Economist

Posted on 2014/09/05 by yukimiyamotodepaul

IN THE pantheon of Fukushima heroes, Masao Yoshida (pictured) is a key figure. As the manager of the crippled Daiichi plant in 2011, Mr Yoshida was the captain of a nuclear Titanic, ready to go down with his ship rather … Continue reading →

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Japan’s Fukushima PM fuels uranium mining debate via SBS

Posted on 2014/08/29 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Former Japanese PM warns traditional owners of nuclear danger Naoto Kan has just toured Australia with a simple message of renewable energy is good and nuclear is bad. The visit comes as Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott prepares to head … Continue reading →

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Japan’s former PM tells of Tokyo evacuation risk after Fukushima via The Brisbane Times

Posted on 2014/08/27 by norma field

He has told the USA’s Huffington Post of his conversion to renewable energy in this way. “Before the Fukushima accident, with the belief that no nuclear accident would happen as long as the safety measures were followed properly, I had … Continue reading →

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Former Japanese Prime Minister visits Mirarr country to discuss shared nuclear concerns via Gundjeihmi Aboriginal Corporation

Posted on 2014/08/27 by norma field

In October 2011 the Australian Safeguards and Non-Proliferation Office (ASNO) confirmed the Fukushima nuclear crisis was directly fuelled by uranium from Australia. At the time Mirarr senior traditional owner Yvonne Margarula wrote to UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon expressing … Continue reading →

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Former Japanese PM Naoto Kan urges Australia to wean world off uranium, focus on renewables via ABC News

Posted on 2014/08/25 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Japan’s prime minister during the Fukushima disaster says Australia should be trying to wean other countries away from nuclear power, not increase exports of uranium. Naoto Kan, who was prime minister from June 2010 to August 2011, is in Australia … Continue reading →

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Fukushima is an ongoing warning to the world on nuclear energy via the Guardian

Posted on 2014/01/17 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The impact of nuclear disasters can last for generations. Such man-made devastation offers a lesson to all of us “I write these facts as dispassionately as I can in the hope that they will act as a warning to the … Continue reading →

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Former Japanese leader firm on nuclear energy via DW

Posted on 2013/12/12 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Naoto Kan, who was Japanese PM when the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake hit and crippled the Fukushima nuclear plant, remains in politics but has only one aim now: to see every last atomic energy plant shut down. […] … Continue reading →

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