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Cancers will increase as young Hiroshima victims live on

Those exposed to A-bomb radiation in early adolescence or at a younger age have shown a higher rate of cancer than those exposed to the radiation as adults. Most of the survivors living now were adolescents or younger at the time of the blast. Many more cancer patients are expected to emerge — probably 70,000 to 80,000 new cases by 2040………

Disease and regret weigh on atomic-bomb survivors By NANAO KAMADA, M.D., chief director of the Hiroshima Atomic-bomb Survivors Relief Foundation. The Japan Times Aug. 6, 2010 “……Among the survivors, various types of malignant tumors developed over time because of their exposure to atomic radiation. The occurrence of leukemia started to increase three years after the bombing, thyroid gland cancer eight years after, breast and lung cancer 10 years after, and stomach and colon cancers 15 years after. Continue reading →

August 7, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | health, Japan | antinuclear, cancer, nuclear, nuclear weapons, radiation, radioactive | Leave a comment

A record 67 nations to be represented at Hiroshima memorial

UK, US, France may attend Hiroshima bombing anniversary for first time, NewsTrackd 28 Jul 2010 Tokyo, (ANI): Britain and the United States are considering sending representatives for the first time to the 65th anniversary ceremony of the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima. Continue reading →

July 29, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Japan, politics international | antinuclear, nuclear weapons, peace, peaceful | Leave a comment

Hypocrisy as Japan seeks to be nuclear power salesman

Japan emphasises that its technology exports are for the peaceful production of nuclear energy.

But as it knows only too well, the plutonium produced in fission reactors can also be used to produce nuclear weapons.

Anxiety mushrooms over Japanese nuclear exports | The Australian, Rick Wallace, July 15, 2010 IT’S hard not to draw cynical conclusions about Japan’s decision to pursue sales of nuclear technology overseas. One of the country’s most treasured principles appears to have a price as it hawks nuclear systems to India, the Middle East and perhaps other countries. Continue reading →

July 16, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Japan, spinbuster | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin | Leave a comment

Japan urges China to reduce nuclear weapons

Japan, China in spat over nuclear arsenal (AFP) todayshotnews.net, 16 May 2010, SEOUL (AFP) –Japan has urged China to cut its nuclear arsenal or at least to stop stockpiling more atomic weapons, prompting a strong reaction from Beijing at their foreign ministers‘ talks, officials said Sunday. Continue reading →

May 16, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Japan, politics international | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

1500 Japanese peace activists ignored by Nuclear Non Proliferation talks

contingent of 1,500 Japanese activists who came to the United States last week to pressure world leaders to finally abandon the bomb….The activists even tried to present U.N. treaty negotiators with boxes of 100,000 signatures from citizens across the world who were demanding an end to nuclear weapons, but officials only allowed two small boxes inside.

The non-nuclear option Las Vegas CityLife Blogs, by Jason Whited , May. 13, 2010 “….More than 80 Japanese activists, fresh off a rally last week outside negotiations for the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty in New York City, made the trek to Las Vegas to take part in a May 6 peace vigil outside the Lloyd D. George Federal District Courthouse. Continue reading →

May 15, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Japan, politics international | antinuclear, nuclear weapons, peace, peaceful | Leave a comment

Strong protests in Japan against re-starting fast breeder nuclear reactor

Protests over re-opening of Japanese nuclear reactor, Greenpeace International, 8 May 2010, (Buddhika Weerasinghe-Japan) Japanese peace and human right activists together protest against to Japan’s Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA)has reactive controversial “fast-breeder” Monju nuclear reactor14 years after the plant was shut down following a liquid of sodium leaked and fire in 1995. Continue reading →

May 8, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Japan, politics | antinuclear, fast breeder, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear technology, nuclear weapons, plutonium, radiation | Leave a comment

Hiroshima’s Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba at UN Nuclear Conference

I Feel Duty-Bound to Push for a Nuclear-Free World, IPS ipsnews.net”Anna Shen interviews TADATOSHI AKIBA, Mayor of HiroshimaMayor Tadatoshi Akiba / UNITED NATIONS, May 6, 2010 Emerging from a U.N. conference addressing the role that the world’s mayors can play on nuclear issues, Hiroshima’s Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba continues to call for a rapid end to nuclear weapons.He juggles his roles running a city 65 years after nuclear holocaust, and another as president of Mayors for Peace, which counts almost 4,000 cities around the world…

Q&A: “I Feel Duty-Bound to Push for a Nuclear-Free World” – IPS ipsnews.net

May 7, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Japan, politics international | antinuclear, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

UN Secretary General welcomes Nagasaki Archbishop at Nuclear Non Proliferation Conference

Nagasaki prelate takes anti-nuclear plea to UN, CathNews Asia May 6, 2010 Nagasaki Archbishop Joseph Mitsuaki Takami has met with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on the opening day of the UN 2010 Review Conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, to appeal for the abolition of nuclear weapons.Welcoming the archbishop, Ban said that such an appeal from a religious leader, a Catholic bishop, is of great importance, UCA News reports.

The archbishop handed the secretary general a copy of a joint statement that he and Bishop Atsumi Misue of Hiroshima issued last February calling on world leaders “to take a courageous step toward the total abolition of nuclear weapons and the realization of a world without wars.”

Nagasaki prelate takes anti-nuclear plea to UN | CathNews Asia

May 6, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Japan, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

Coolant system failures – bound to happen in Japan’s fast breeder reactors

Japanese fast breeder nuclear reactor malfunctions and worse are ‘inevitable, Nuclear Reaction, 1 May 2010,Coolant system mishap at Japan’s long-stalled Monju fast breeder are “inevitable” in such reactors
‘NEW YORK – The Monju prototype fast breeder nuclear power reactor, which has been gearing up for an early May restart after a 15-year stoppage, suffered a temporary glitch in a coolant leakage detector Tuesday……

…….. one Japanese nuclear industry source familiar with the Monju project was quoted as saying in Japan Today that malfunctions of this type – and worse – are “inevitable” in such reactors. The government-affiliated agency said the sodium detector, housed in an auxiliary building to the reactor at the Monju centre in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, came to a halt after a fan motor overheated, triggering an alarm at 11:59 p.m. Monday. A fire accompanying a sodium leak shut down the reactor in December 1995, and the project has not been restarted since.’ Nuclear News: Japanese fast breeder nuclear reactor malfunctions and worse are ‘inevitable’ – Nuclear Reaction – A Greenpeace blog about nuclear power

May 1, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Japan, technology | antinuclear, fast breeder, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear technology, reactors, reprocessing | Leave a comment

Disappearance of documents on secret nuclear deal

the country had for decades had a secret agreement with Washington that allowed U.S. nuclear-armed vessels to pass through the island nation’s territory

U.S.-Japan Nuke Agreement Papers Vanished, Ex-Official Says, NTI: Global Security Newswire March 22, 2010 A former high-level Japanese Foreign Ministry official told Tokyo lawmakers Friday that important papers that addressed the island nation’s secret nuclear agreement with the United States appear to have vanished, the Japan Times reported (see GSN, March 17). Continue reading →

March 25, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Japan, secrets,lies and civil liberties | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

Nuclear energy unsafe for Asia: renewables are the way to go

Asia’s nuclear dilemma, Global Post, by Jonathon Adams, 21 March 2010 Nuclear not the answer: activists, “….Philip White, of the Tokyo-based Citizens’ Nuclear Information Center, disputed those [nuclear power]figures. “Renewable energies like wind and solar are not too expensive,” wrote White in an email. “Wind is cheaper than nuclear now. Solar will soon be cheaper when economies of scale and the associated development advances get operating.” Continue reading →

March 22, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Japan, safety | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear wastes, radiation, radioactive, wastes | Leave a comment

Revealed: Japan’s secret nuclear arms deals with USA

Japan ‘lied’ on secret US nuclear deal Peter Alford, Tokyo correspondent , The Australian March 10, 2010 JAPANESE governments lied to their people for more than 30 years about a “tacit” secret agreement allowing nuclear-armed US vessels to use their ports, a special Foreign Ministry panel reported yesterday. Continue reading →

March 10, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Japan, secrets,lies and civil liberties | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear spin, radiation, radioactive | Leave a comment

Atomic radiation standards exclude many victims

Minister: A-bomb disease law too narrow TOKYO, Jan. 15 (UPI) — Japan needs to recognize more people who suffer from radiation disease caused by the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Continue reading →

January 17, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Japan, Legal | antinuclear, cancer, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear weapons, radiation, radioactive | Leave a comment

Death of famed Hiroshima and Nagasaki survivor

Hiroshima and Nagasaki survivor dies aged 93 | World news | The Guardian Justin McCurry 6 January 2010 Tsutomu Yamaguchi witnessed at close hand the nuclear devastation of two Japanese cities, and lived to tell the tale. Continue reading →

January 7, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Japan, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear weapons, radiation, radioactive | Leave a comment

Secret USA-Japan nuclear deal revealed

Japan-US secret nuclear deal discovered: reports Full Story Tokyo, Dec 22 (AFP) A secret agreement under which Japan allowed the US military to bring nuclear weapons to the Asian nation has been uncovered despite years of denial of its existence by Tokyo, media reports said today. Continue reading →

December 23, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Japan, politics international | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear weapons, radiation, radioactive | Leave a comment

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