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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Japan’s plutonium nuclear reactor to start despite serious problems
From THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
GENKAI, Saga Prefecture–Despite lingering questions about safety, cost efficiency and waste disposal, the trial operation of the long-delayed “pluthermal” program–perhaps the future of Japan’s energy needs–started here Thursday…………….. Continue reading
Japanese workers exposed to radiation leak
Workers exposed to radiation after liquid leak at Shizuoka nuke pant The Mainichi Daily News 2 Dec 09 Nearly 30 workers were exposed to radiation after liquid waste leaked at a nuclear plant in Shizuoka Prefecture, Chubu Electric Power Co. has announced.The accident occurred at the No. 3 reactor at the Hamaoka Nuclear Power Station in Omaezaki, Shizuoka, when 53 liters of highly-concentrated nuclear waste solution leaked inside the plant’s auxiliary building on Tuesday afternoon………………..A massive amount of radioactivity at 1.2 billion becquerels — 324 times higher than the government-set standard of 3.7 million becquerels — was detected in the waste solution, the company said.
Workers exposed to radiation after liquid leak at Shizuoka nuke pant – The Mainichi Daily News
Japanese saying NO to plutonium reactors
Petition: STOP Pluthermal (MOX) Nuclear Power Generation in Saga, Japan! Ten Thousand Things November 10, 2009 Local opposition groups in Saga have set up tents for a 24/7 sit-in in front of the head office of KYUDEN (Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc.) in the center of Fukuoka City, Kyushu. Continue reading
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