Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Suvendrini Kakuchi TOKYO, Mar 22, 2011 (IPS) – Accidents at four nuclear power reactors hit by the earthquake and tsunami in Fukushima have left thousands of residents in the vicinity facing an uncertain future as they prepare for evacuation orders to protect them from dangerous radiation contamination. [...]
Japanese Economy Reeling under Impact of Earthquake
March 21, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Rajaram Panda* IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis TOKYO (IDN) – While it is too early to assess the exact impact of the disastrous earthquake, it is a no-brainer that the loss to Japan is likely to be quite significant and the impact on the global economy comparatively less severe. [...]
UN Launches Concerted Bid to Assist Japan
March 18, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Jaya Ramachandran IDN-InDepth NewsReport GENEVA (IDN) – As Japan battles to stave off a nuclear catastrophe, the United Nations has launched a concerted bid to help the East Asian country to cope with the multi-front disaster that Prime Minister Naoto Kan has called Japan’s worst since [...]
Japan’s Nuclear Nightmare Arouses French Fears
March 17, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Julio Godoy PARIS, March 17, 2011 (IPS) – Until the nuclear crisis started unfolding in Japan last week, most French citizens did not doubt that the country’s 58 nuclear reactors were safe enough to continue operating for scores of years to come. They ignored the evidence gathered [...]
Japan Races to Cool Stricken Reactors
March 16, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Correspondents* TOKYO, Mar 16, 2011 (IPS/Al Jazeera) – Workers battling to contain the crisis at Japan’s quake- stricken Fukushima nuclear plant were briefly moved to a bunker because of a rise in radiation levels, local media have reported. The level of radiation at the plant surged to [...]
Aid Agencies Rush to Japan’s Humanitarian Front
March 16, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Kanya D’Almeida UNITED NATIONS, Mar 15, 2011 (IPS) – Day five of Japan’s post-earthquake, post-tsunami life dawned dismally Tuesday, with soaring radiation levels from the Fukushima Daiichi power plants and a relentlessly rising death toll in the four worst-affected prefectures. When the 9.0 earthquake first hit Japan, [...]
Japan Bracing For Nuclear Meltdown
March 14, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Suvendrini Kakuchi TOKYO, Mar 15, 2011 (IPS) – Desperate efforts by the government to avoid the looming nightmare of a nuclear meltdown in tsunami damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plants, 240 kilometres north of Tokyo, have brought no relief to the public who face the possibility of another [...]
LESSONS FROM JAPANESE TRAGEDY
March 13, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy B.RAMAN Our hearts go out to the people of Japan at this hour of their national tragedy which is a global tragedy.It has deeply affected all of us.The world has seen massive tragedies of a traumatic nature in the past, but what the Japanese have suffered is a series of [...]
Japan Disaster May Hold Lessons for Haves and Have-Nots
March 13, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Jutta Wolf IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis BERLIN (IDN) – Over 45 countries, ranging from sophisticated economies to developing nations, were actively considering embarking upon nuclear power programmes. The front runners were Iran, United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Italy, Vietnam and Jordan, a new report said. Whether the shocking experience [...]
JAPAN: Anti-Nuclear Groups Sound New Warning
March 12, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Suvendrini Kakuchi TOKYO, Mar 12, 2011 (IPS) – Heightened tension on Saturday after a blast at a nuclear facility in Fukushima, 150 kilometres north of Tokyo, eased off after the government reported that the danger had been overstated. But anti-nuclear experts continued to express concern. "There are [...]
