Oi nuclear power plant
June 29, 2012
Tomoyuki Taira, a novice lawmaker, was already thinking about leaving the ruling Democratic Party of Japan before Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda announced that two nuclear...
June 28, 2012
The No. 1 and No. 2 reactors at Fukui Prefecture's Oi nuclear power plant are the most dangerous in Japan, according to a cross-party group of lawmakers opposed to nuclear...
June 26, 2012
Thousands of protesters in front of his office last week weren’t enough to dissuade Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda from his plan to restart Japan’s nuclear reactors,...
June 26, 2012
The No. 3 reactor of the Oi nuclear power plant in Oi, Fukui Prefecture, will be restarted on July 1, making it the first to be brought back online since the nuclear disaster...
June 25, 2012
FUNABASHI, Chiba Prefecture--Hundreds of people rallied in Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's constituency here June 24 to protest against his decision to reactivate two reactors...
June 21, 2012
If the Oi nuclear reactors plunged into a Fukushima-style meltdown, the only route for escaping or for sending help would be a winding, cliff-hugging road often closed by snow...
June 18, 2012
Businesses are ratcheting up pressure to bring more nuclear reactors back online after successfully lobbying for the first restarts since the disaster in Fukushima Prefecture...
June 18, 2012
Local government leaders from across Japan have signed a letter criticizing the Noda administration’s handling of the restart of the reactors at the Oi nuclear power plant in ...
June 18, 2012
When the Allied occupation ended with the signing of the San Francisco Peace Treaty in 1951, "gyaku kosu" (literally, "reverse course") became a well-used expression in Japan....
June 17, 2012
The decision by the central government on June 16 to resume operations at the Oi nuclear power plant is yet another attempt to rely on the myth of the safety of nuclear plants.
June 17, 2012
Among those shaking their heads at the June 16 decision by the central government to resume operations at the Oi nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture are evacuees in...
June 16, 2012
Japan on June 16 approved the resumption of nuclear power operations at two reactors despite mass public opposition, the first to come back on line after they were all shut...
June 16, 2012
Kansai Electric Power Co. said it is ready to restart two reactors at its Oi nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture in response to the government’s decision on June 16 to...
June 16, 2012
Protesters rallied outside the Prime Minister's Official Residence in Tokyo to oppose a decision to reactivate two reactors at the Oi nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture.
June 16, 2012
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda said on June 15 that Japan should aim to reduce reliance on nuclear power as much as possible in the medium and longer term, but stopped short of...
June 15, 2012
I have always felt discomfort about the way decisions are made in Japan based on "the mood" rather than "logic," and without proper discussions regarding principles.
June 15, 2012
When I was a student, I was only interested in literature and the arts. Then in 1963, a friend took me to a peace march against nuclear weapons.
June 14, 2012
Japan moved closer on June 14 to restarting nuclear reactors for the first time since last year's earthquake and tsunami led to a nationwide shutdown after a mayor gave his...
June 13, 2012
OI, Fukui Prefecture--Fukui Governor Issei Nishikawa agreed that appropriate safety measures were in place after he inspected the No. 3 and No. 4 reactors at the Oi nuclear...
June 09, 2012
Despite Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda’s personal appeal on June 8 for the restarts of two offline nuclear reactors in Fukui Prefecture, a large group of his own lawmakers...