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Japan's Nuclear CrisisThe Routes to Responsibility.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Japan's Nuclear Crisis
Reminder of title:	The Routes to Responsibility.
Author:	Carpenter, Susan.
other author:	Carpenter, Dr Susan.
Published:	Basingstoke :Palgrave Macmillan,2011.
Description:	1 online resource (267 p.)
Notes:	Description based upon print version of record.
Notes:	The Second World War: the intensification of ministerial powers
Subject:	Nuclear accidentsHistory21st century.Japan
Online resource:	https://link.springer.com/book/10.1057/9780230363717
ISBN:	9780230363717 (electronic bk.)

Japan's Nuclear CrisisThe Routes to Responsibility.
Carpenter, Susan.

Japan's Nuclear CrisisThe Routes to Responsibility.[electronic resource] : - Basingstoke :Palgrave Macmillan,2011. - 1 online resource (267 p.)

Description based upon print version of record.

Cover; Contents; Timeline; Annual Average Exchange Rates; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Introduction; Consequences of the nuclear crisis: agriculture, fisheries; Consequences of the nuclear crisis: Fukushima residents; Consequences of the nuclear crisis: Fukushima Daiichi workers; 'Information-sharing' is not a buzz-word in government agencies; Institutional reforms postponed; Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant: an impending disaster; Where does the buck stop?; The same old story; The routes to responsibility; Perceptions of Japan Inc.: busting myths

An analysis and exploration into the impact of Japan's 2011 nuclear crisis. Investigation of the disaster will pose questions regarding why Daiichi was constructed in an earthquake-prone zone and was still operating despite problems that had been plaguing the reactors since 1989 such as cracks in infrastructure and leaks in radioactivity.

ISBN: 9780230363717 (electronic bk.)

Source: 538155Palgrave Macmillanhttp://www.palgraveconnect.comSubjects--Topical Terms:

564292
Nuclear accidents
--History--Japan--21st century.Index Terms--Genre/Form:

214472
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: TK9152 / .C37 2011

Dewey Class. No.: 363.17990952090512

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505 8 $a The image of reform: Japan External Trade OrganizationManipulation of operations to maintain JETRO; The disguise: convincing the Japanese media; The disguise: convincing the American media; The disguise: convincing Koizumi; JETRO's 'core focus': sowing the seeds of the ministry; Holding on to a good thing; 2 Amakudari in the Ministries' IAIs, Public Corporations, Research Institutes and Affiliated Agencies: the Insidious Side; No reforms in sight; Manifestations of amakudari: IAI/public corporations; Issues arising in research institutes; A consequence of amakudari in IAIs: bid-rigging
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