Tadashi Narabayashi

Tadashi Narabayashi is a specially appointed professor at the Tokyo Institute of Technology and a director at the Japan Institute for National Fundamentals.

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[Speaking Out] It's Not Just AIST: Enact Anti-espionage Law to Prevent Technology Leaks

Tadashi Narabayashi June 30, 2023

An anti-espionage law is crucial to halt cases like AIST where Japanese universities invest...

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[Speaking Out] In the Self-Defense Force Helicopter Crash, Metal Fatigue May Be a Factor

Tadashi Narabayashi June 23, 2023

Flight recorder data from the doomed helicopter, along with information from similar incidents, is...

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[Speaking Out] Japan's Nuclear Power Regulator Needs Urgent Reform

Tadashi Narabayashi June 2, 2023

Poor guidance and draconian sanctions can lower morale at nuclear power plants. This, in...

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[Speaking Out] Problematic Court Injunction against Nuclear Plant

Tadashi Narabayashi July 6, 2022

The plaintiffs’ risk of receiving fatal injury by radiation is close to zero, far...

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[Speaking Out] Hydro-Nuclear Energy Combination Recommended as Best Option at the Diet

Tadashi Narabayashi March 1, 2022

To achieve decarbonization and sustain it, you have to use nuclear power in coordination...

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[Speaking Out] Guessing About Taro Kono’s Intimidating Remarks

Tadashi Narabayashi October 4, 2021

A weekly magazine story reports the prominent Diet member berating a bureaucrat about the...

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[Speaking Out] Solar Facilities Should Be Regulated as Toughly as Nuclear Plants

Tadashi Narabayashi July 19, 2021

Japan’s solar PV capacity per land area is by far the largest in the...

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[Speaking Out] The Science Council of Japan Should Protect Academic Freedom

Tadashi Narabayashi October 13, 2020

(Updated October 16, 2020) The Asahi Shimbun newspaper and other Japanese media have...

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[Speaking Out] Japan Should Not Ignore the Potential Threats of Chinese IT Companies

Tadashi Narabayashi August 27, 2020

On August 14, U.S. President Donald Trump ordered Chinese information technology company ByteDance...

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[Speaking Out] A Proposal to Rescue U.S. Carriers from the Coronavirus Infection

Tadashi Narabayashi April 29, 2020

Crewmembers aboard the Theodore Roosevelt and three other United States Navy nuclear-powered aircraft...

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[Speaking Out] High Court Ruling on Ikata Nuclear Power Station Risks Regulators’ Strict Screening System

Tadashi Narabayashi February 4, 2020

On January 17, the Hiroshima High Court ordered Shikoku Electric Power Co. to...