Rejoining the Nuclear Village
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Tagged with: Amakudari, Atomic Energy Society of Japan, Democratic Party of Japan (1998-2016), Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, Hidehiko Nishiyama, Japan Atomic Energy Commission, Japan Atomic Power Company, Kansai Electric Power Company (KEPCO), Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry (METI), Ministry of the Environment, Naoto Kan, Nihon Keizai Shinbun, Nobuteru Ishihara, Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA), Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA), Nuclear Safety Commission, Oi Nuclear Power Plant (Fukui), Oil Shock (1973), Shinzo Abe, Shunichi Tanaka, Tetsuo Nayuki, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO)