Japan Finally Gets Ready to Resolve the Nuclear Disaster by Deploying Home-Made Disaster Relief Robots
On June 7, a ceremony was held at the Chiba Institute of Technology (CIT) in Narashino City near Tokyo to mark the leasing of its disaster relief robots to the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO).…
Birth of a New Bipartisan Parliamentarian League: Can it Make Revision of Japan’s Constitution Possible?
Before surviving a no-confidence motion on June 2 over his handling of the crisis that followed a series of explosions at a nuclear power station in Fukushima, northeast Japan, Prime Minister Naoto…
Japan Should Achieve Restoration of the Its Beautiful Land by First De-Radiating Its Environment
The disaster at the nuclear power plant in Fukushima, northeast Japan, transformed Japan from an “honor roll student” of the peaceful use of atomic energy to an “ex-convict” overnight, deplores Haj…
Voices of Healthcare Experts Must Be Heeded to Thwart Health Hazards Resulting from Nuclear Disaster
As of May 10, small numbers of evacuees have been allowed to make brief visits to their homes in the no-entry zone areas within 20 kilometers of the crippled nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefec…
Do Not Be Taken in by Chinese Leaders When They Come Smiling
As of this writing, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao is scheduled to make a visit to Japan May 21-22, during which he is expected to inspect Japan’s northeast devastated by the deadly earthquake and tsun…