The Japanese government said it planned to begin the discharge(排放) of slightly radioactive wastewater from the Fukushim a Daiichi nuclear plant on Thursday, rejecting calls for a delay from some people in neighboring countries.An earthquake and tsunami knocked out power at the Fukushim a nuclear...
In this article, I examine the effects of the overarching physical and social system that has developed in Japanese society for the last half century. I use the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident as an example. I will also look to the meaning of kuni (the Japanese word for ...
The contribution revisits the political foundations of the TRIPS Agreement with a view to determine its role and functioning under the changed socio-economic geopolitical conditions of today’s world economic order. The Agreement, which was concluded as
The Japanese government plans to dump more than 1.3 million tons of nuclear-contaminated water at the defunct nuclear plant into the sea, meaning human beings, Japanese people included, will live under the dark shadow of its ...
This License Agreement (the “Agreement”), dated the 2nd day of September, 2020 (the “Effective Date”), is between DAIICHI SANKYO COMPANY, LIMITED, a Japanese corporation having an office and principal place of business at 5-1, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇-▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇...
Between Heaven and Hell in Contemporary Japanese Art held at the Japan Society in New York. The Group 1965: We Are Boys! (Showa 40 Nen Kai) held at Kunsthalle Düsseldorf. Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, followed by meltdowns at three reactors in the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. ...
One of the worst nuclear disasters in history (Fukushima Daiichi, Japan); The Arab Spring and the removal of two autocrats (Hosni Mubarak and Colonel Muammar el-Qaddafi); The death of Apple founder Steve Jobs, shortly after Apple surpassed Exxon Mobil to become the world’s most valuable...
According to Japanese myth, oarfish are harbingers of earthquakes, and their appearance signals a tremor could be about to hit. In traditional Japanese legend, oarfish were known as "ryugu no tsukai" meaning "the messenger from the sea dragon god's palace." People believed oarfish would come ...
It is well known that science can be misused to hinder the resolution (i.e., the elimination and/or control) of a health problem. To recognize distorted and misapplied epidemiological science, a 33-item “Toolkit for detecting misused epidemiological met
there are primarily four strands of the meaning of the English term ‘public’ (Marginson, this issue). The first strand equalises the public to the state or government, as used in terms including ‘the public sector’. Accordingly, the private refers to non-state or non-government, and oft...