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Keyword: nuclear power

How a Lack of Natural Energy Resources Sparked Japan's Energy Innovation

Former Japanese Minister of the Environment and former Minister for Foreign Affairs Yoriko Kawaguchi discusses why Japan turned to renewable energy. (Elsa Ruiz/Asia Society)
Current Affairs
On the heels of a nuclear disaster, Japan is spearheading the movement toward sustainable technology.
June 8th by Michelle FlorCruz

Filmmaker Recounts Quest to Understand the 'Insanity' of the Nuclear Age

The Trillo nuclear power plant in Trillo, Spain. (Rodrigo Gómez Sanz/Flickr)
Current Affairs
Masako Sakata discusses her films depicting the legacy of Agent Orange in Vietnam and the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan.
November 16th by Eric Fish

Interview: Richard Samuels Says Japan Partisanship Worse After Earthquake

Richard Samuels (L) and the cover of his new book (R). (Richard Samuels)
Policy
MIT professor Richard Samuels talks to Asia Society about his new book on politics in Japan in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake of March 2011.
March 1st by Matt Stumpf

2011: Post Nuclear Tragedy, Three Inspiring Environmental Shifts in Japan

"Switch OFF! Smile ON!" reads this Japanese poster promoting 'setsuden,' or "energy saving." (setsuden.tumblr.com)
Lifestyle
Journalist Simran Sethi discusses how Japan's nuclear disaster demonstrated the resiliency of the Japanese people to respond to the immediate crisis and reframe their relationship to energy consumption.
December 20th by Simran Sethi

After Japan's Nuclear Crisis, A New Emphasis on Renewable Energy

Members of environmental action group Greenpeace hold up an anti-nuclear banner in front of the Central Government offices in Hong Kong on March 22, 2011. (RICHARD A. BROOKS/AFP/Getty Images)
Foreign policy analyst Rohit Viswanath discusses the implications of the Japanese nuclear disaster for energy sustainability and security.
June 4th by Rohit Viswanath

Deauville Deciphered: Nuclear Fears Come to the Fore

G8 leaders pose with other delegates for a "family photo" on the sideline of the G8 summit in Deauville, northwestern France, on May 27, 2011. (Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images)
Columbia's Michael B. Gerrard takes a look at the recent Deauville Declaration, explaining that the document reflects a shifting landscape of international energy policy.
June 3rd by Michael Gerrard

'Forum Wider Than the G8' Needed to Address Sustainability Issues

Anti-G8 activists hold globes reading 'Hello G20? This is the rest of the world' as they take part in a demonstration, on May 21, 2011 in Le Havre, northwestern France, to denounce last week's G8 summit in Deauville, France. (Damien Meyer/AFP/Getty Images)
Ravi Narayanan, Vice Chair of the Asia Pacific Water Forum, launches Asia Society's Sustainability Roundtable with his take on how last week's G8 summit addressed issues related to sustainability.
June 1st by Ravi Narayanan

Harney: 'Japan's politicians are failing the country' [UPDATED]

A girl holds her petition to ask the education ministry to protect children from radioactive contamination at Fukushima prefecture during a rally at the Education Ministry in Tokyo on May 23, 2011. (Yoshikazu Tsuno/AFP/Getty Images)
Policy
"Politicians in Tokyo are lollygagging and bickering over partisan issues instead of offering practical ideas for rebuilding the devastated regions," says Asia Society Associate Fellow Alexandra Harney.
May 27th by Shreeya Sinha

Video: Asia Shouldn't Rush Toward Nuclear to Solve Energy 'Dilemma'

Activists from environmental action group Greenpeace carry portraits of victims from the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear plant disaster during an anti-nuclear protest outside Indonesia's Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources in Jakarta on April 26, 2010 marking the 24th anniversary of the world's worst nuclear accident in Ukraine and to denounce Indonesia's plans to use nuclear energy. (Romeo Gacad/AFP/Getty Images)
Policy
According to Asia Society Global Council Co-Chair <strong> Simon Tay <strong> Japan's Fukushima nuclear distaster should have a "transformative impact" on the energy strategies for the rest of Asia.
May 13th by Dan Washburn

China Should Look to "More Advanced Nuclear Power"

Members of environmental action group Greenpeace hold up an anti-nuclear banner in front of the Central Government offices in Hong Kong on March 22, 2011. (RICHARD A. BROOKS/AFP/Getty Images)
Asia Society Associate Fellow Shen Dingli assesses China's nuclear reassessment.
March 28th by Dan Washburn

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