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TEPCO and Others Financially Aiding Japan Atomic Power Co. Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (TEPCO) and Tohoku Electric Power Co. have decided to provide new aid on top of that which they have provided...
Author: Citizens' Nuclear Information Center
Who’s Who: Torihara Ryōko, inspiring women to oppose the Sendai NPP in Kagoshima
by Ogawa Misako, Kagoshima City Councilor (Independent) Torihara Ryōko is quoted almost every time the Japanese news media covers issues concerning the Sendai Nuclear Power Plant in Kagoshima Prefecture. This is because she is...
Pre-arranged Conclusion: Kansai Electric Power Co.’s attempt to trivialize the scandal is impermissible
CNIC STATEMENTOctober 3, 2019 Twenty top executives of Kansai Electric Power Co. (KEPCO) have received gifts worth a massive amount from Moriyama Eiji, a former official of Takahama Town in Fukui Prefecture that hosts one of...
Japan’s Plutonium Stockpile Data for 2018
by Ban Hideyuki (CNIC Co Director) The 2018 official report on Japan’s stockpile of extracted plutonium revealed that the amount of such plutonium stored at the Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd. (JNFL) Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant...
Nuke Info Tokyo No. 192 (September/October 2019)
Nuke Info Tokyo is a bi-monthly newsletter that aims to provide English speaking friends with up-to-date information on the Japanese nuclear industry and the movements against it. Editor: Caitlin Stronell Translators this month: Pat...
Group Intro: Sayonara Nukes Yonezawa
by Ban Hideyuki, CNIC Co-Director Yonezawa is in Yamagata Prefecture, which was the destination for a large number of Fukushima evacuees. Sayonara Nukes Yonezawa was born on 27 April 2013 when a movie screening...
Book Review: The people of Asia say no to nuclear power
(English translation by ann-elise lewallen and Ryan Holmberg) Yoda Press, New Delhi, 2019 Available on Amazon and Flipkart This book was originally published in Japanese in 2015 by No Nukes Asia Forum (NNAF) (see...
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Sep/Oct 2019 4th Reshuffled Abe Cabinet Inaugurated The fourth reshuffled cabinet of Prime Minister Abe Shinzo’s administration was inaugurated on September 11. Koizumi Shinjiro was appointed Environment Minister and Minister of State for Nuclear...
TEPCO Criminal Trial: Defendants Acquitted
– Court Went Completely Out of its Way to Rescue TEPCO Executives by Kaido Yuichi (attorney representing injured parties in TEPCO criminal trial) Failure to acknowledge damage done and debasement of safety In its...
Can Taiwan Phase out Nuclear Power? – Report on the NNAF 2019 Field Trip to Taiwan’s NPPs
by Tony Boys The No Nukes Asia Forum (NNAF) is held in different Asian countries or regions each year. This year, the 19th forum over 26 years was hosted by the Taiwan Environmental Protection...
