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Japan about to censor Internet news on nuclear radiation?

On June 17, 2011 the Japanese Parliament passed “The Computer Network Monitoring Law” . Prof. Ibusuki of Seijo Univ. Law Dept. comments that “The Computer Network Monitoring Law will enable the police to monitor anyone’s internet activity without restriction.”…

The question is, will METI draw the line at “clarifying” erroneous information, or will it act to clamp down and suppress sources of information that it finds inconvenient?

New Japan Law Cleanses Bad Nuclear News, UK PROGRESSIVE,  | JULY 24, 2011  Friday, July 15, the Ministry of Industry and Trade (METI) – Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, opened a call for bids (tender) regarding the “Nuclear Power Safety Regulation Publicity Project”, for contractors to monitor blogs and tweets posted about nuclear power and radiation……. Continue reading →

July 24, 2011 Posted by | civil liberties, Japan | 4 Comments

How USA conned Japan into developing nuclear energy

U.S. used atomic power cooperation to remedy Japan’s ‘ignorance’, Mainichi Daily News, Japan) July 24, 2011, TOKYO (Kyodo) — The United States used atomic power cooperation with Japan in the 1950s to ease the Japanese public’s aversion to nuclear weapons and remedy their “ignorance” about nuclear power, declassified U.S. papers showed Saturday. Continue reading →

July 24, 2011 Posted by | history, Japan | Leave a comment

Get rid of coal, and benefit health, climate, and economy

it would be a mistake to view air pollution regulations only through an economic lens. The EPA says that the new cross-state border rule will provide $280 billion in public health savings at the cost of roughly $2.5 billion a year in plant upgrades — and many of those upgrades are already underway. Crunch the numbers that way and it seems like economic folly not to take action. Industry also has a habit of overestimating just how expensive clean air will really be

Coal Kills Every Day’: Michael Bloomberg Pledges $50 Million to Fight the Coal Industry, TIME, By BRYAN WALSH , July 21, 2011 “………now Bloomberg is taking on an even bigger and more pervasive American industry: coal. On July 21, the New York mayor announced that his charitable foundation would be donating $50 million over four years to the Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal campaign. The purpose of the gift is simple: to help the nation’s largest environmental group push back against one of the world’s biggest sources of air pollution, plant by plant. “Coal kills every day,” Bloomberg told TIME. “It’s a dirty fuel.” Continue reading →

July 24, 2011 Posted by | health, USA | Leave a comment

Seeking a new and democratic reform of Japan’s energy system

We now need to find viable alternatives to nuclear power. It is clearly necessary to make greater use of alternative power sources, such as renewable energy, small gas-powered turbines and surplus power from independent generators installed by companies and rooftop solar panels at households……replace the centralized generation approach with a decentralized system based on distributed energy facilities 

To promote such dispersed generation, transmission services should be separated from the production of electric power to ensure fairer operations

EDITORIAL/ Seeking a society without nuclear power generation: Let consumers regain leadership in developing energy policy, The Asahi Shimbun, July 13

This is the last of a five-part editorial series proposing ways for Japan to achieve a society that does not depend on nuclear power generation for its energy supply. Continue reading →

July 24, 2011 Posted by | Japan, politics | Leave a comment

Majority of Japanese want nuclear power to finish

Japanese support PM’s call to do away with nuclear power: poll, Jul 24, 2011, (Reuters) – More than two-thirds of Japanese support Prime Minister Naoto Kan’s call to do away with nuclear power, a media poll showed on Sunday, underscoring growing opposition to atomic energy in the wake of the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi plant Continue reading →

July 24, 2011 Posted by | Japan, politics | Leave a comment

Assassination of Iranian nuclear scientist

Iranian nuclear scientist shot dead, Google News, By Mohammad Davari (AFP) – 24 July 11, TEHRAN — A nuclear scientist was shot dead on Saturday by unknown assailants on a motorcycle, the latest expert with links to Iran’s controversial atomic programme to be targeted, local media reported. Continue reading →

July 24, 2011 Posted by | Iran, safety | Leave a comment

International media downplays Fukushima’s continued radiation spread

what actually happened on March 11th and in the weeks and months afterward that was for the most part either downplayed or withheld from international news. 

Fukushima’s radiation spreads globally amidst Elite complicity, THE CANADIAN, 23 JULY 2011 – What happened in Fukushima, Japan on March 11, 2011 may be the most sinister global disaster in the recorded history of our planet. The repercussions of this historic disaster will remain for centuries to come. The manifestations of nuclear radiation from the meltdown of the reactors in Fukushima will haunt humanity in ways that we’ll only discover over time. Continue reading →

July 24, 2011 Posted by | 2 WORLD, media | Leave a comment

Meeting between North and South Korea

Two Koreas meet to discuss nuclear issue, By Jack Kim and Andrew Quinn, SEOUL/NUSA DUA, Indonesia   Jul 22, 2011 (Reuters) – The nuclear envoys of South and North Korea met on the sidelines of an Asian forum in Bali on Friday, an official in Seoul said, in the first high level contact since tensions spiked on the Korean peninsula last year….. Continue reading →

July 24, 2011 Posted by | North Korea, politics international, South Korea | Leave a comment

Brief memorial visit to Okuma’s irradiated zone

Wearing full-body protective gear and white face masks because of the continued risk of radiation exposure, the families bowed their heads in silence

Villagers hold memorial in nuke plant’s shadow,  The Modesto Bee, By ERIC TALMADGE – Jul. 24, 2011, OKUMA, Japan — Under tight government supervision, dozens of villagers from a town where the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant is located ventured deep into an irradiated no-man’s land Sunday to hold a belated memorial for friends and relatives killed by Japan’s earthquake and tsunami. Continue reading →

July 24, 2011 Posted by | Japan, Religion and ethics | Leave a comment

Tragedy of a Japanese farmer who cares about his cows

VIDEO   http://www.ukprogressive.co.uk/new-japan-law-cleanses-bad-nuclear-news/article13589.html    New Japan Law Cleanses Bad Nuclear News,,UK PROGRESSIVE  | JULY 24, 2011 “……..Uncanny Terrain: Yoshizawa’s ranch is 14km downwind from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. The government ordered him to kill his 300 cows. Most of his neighbors’ animals are gone, but some have been released and joined his herd. Yoshizawa refuses to kill his cows. He wants them to be studied for the effects of radiation. Continue reading →

July 24, 2011 Posted by | Japan, Religion and ethics | Leave a comment