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I was invited to attend the Taiwan-Japan Civil Society Forum, held in Taiwan on June 16-17. The forum addressed the question of how to build grassroots networks. It was sponsored by the Taiwan Environmental...
Two Indonesians opposed to their government’s plan to introduce nuclear power visited Japan from July 3-9. From Japan, they continued on to South Korea before returning to Indonesia on July 12 (see photos below)....
Bilateral agreements are one of several measures designed to ensure that the use of nuclear energy is restricted to peaceful purposes. Other measures include the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT), safeguards agreements with the International...
In a park in Vienna friends plant a tree in memory of Mayor ItohCeremony in memory of Nagasaki Mayor Iccho Itoh, slain on April 17th by a member of an organized crime syndicate. The...
Letter to the Japanese government from members and representatives of civil society groups and peoples’ organizations from India and Pakistan Zia Mian, of the Program on Science and Global Security at Princeton University and...
In September 2005 in Vienna the Chernobyl Forum released a report which estimated that around 4,000 people could have died or could die in the future as a result of exposure to radiation from...
In South Korea on November 2nd, regional voting was held on a final disposal site for low- and intermediate-level radioactive waste. I visited South Korea during the voting campaign to attend a citizens’ symposium...
On June 12th the Japan Nuclear Cycle Development Institute (JNC) announced that it is considering sending 290 cubic meters of ‘uranium-contaminated soil’1 to the US. This ‘soil’ has been left abandoned near Ningyo Toge2, near...
reconfirms declaration for nuclear phase-out and suspension of construction of Taiwan Nuclear Power Plant No. 4 The No Nukes Asia Forum (NNAF) was held from June 2nd to 8th in Taipei, Taiwan. There was...
Past issues of NIT have reported on the fact that our Co-Director, Hideyuki Ban, is a member of the Japanese Atomic Energy Commission’s (AEC) New Nuclear Policy-Planning Council. (Recently AEC determined the official English title. Previously we...
