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Japan’s Nuclear Power and Anti-Nuclear Movement from a Socio-Historical Perspective

AuthorEiji Oguma, Keio University
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DateApril 2012
Classification 4.21.0.00/23 (JAPAN - GENERAL)
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From the publication:

Japan’s Nuclear Power and Anti-Nuclear Movement 
from a Socio-Historical Perspective 

Eiji Oguma 
Keio University 

1. Introduction 

The March 2011 earthquake disaster and nuclear power plant accident have 
drawn attention to the place held in society of nuclear power plants. This paper
will examine Japan’s nuclear power and anti-nuclear power movement from a historic 
and social perspective. 
To state my conclusion, Japan’s nuclear power shows a microcosm of the social 
structure built from the 1960s to the 1980s during the period Japan was referred 
to as “Japan as Number One.” In addressing the issue of nuclear power, it
behooves us to rethink this history.

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