An anti-espionage law is crucial to halt cases like AIST where Japanese universities invest taxpayer funds in research that in the end benefits China.
Flight recorder data from the doomed helicopter, along with information from similar incidents, is helpful when assessing what could have caused the crash.
Poor guidance and draconian sanctions can lower morale at nuclear power plants. This, in turn, can have a negative impact on performance.
The plaintiffs’ risk of receiving fatal injury by radiation is close to zero, far lower than socially weak people’s mortality risk from electricity price hikes.
To achieve decarbonization and sustain it, you have to use nuclear power in coordination with hydroelectricity or other sources.
A weekly magazine story reports the prominent Diet member berating a bureaucrat about the risks of nuclear energy. The author examines his possible motives.
Japan’s solar PV capacity per land area is by far the largest in the world. The disastrous July 3 mudslide shows why regulators must give these...
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It seems as though the foundation of Japan is beginning to crumble under its own weight. In particular we Japanese should be concerned about the...