
Niigata voters elect antinuclear governor in blow to Abe’s energy policy
October 25, 2016Author: Nippon.com
Categories: Energy and Technology, In-Depth with Nippon.com
Antinuclear candidate Yoneyama Ryuichi won the Niigata gubernatorial contest on October 16, 2016, in a setback to the government’s efforts to restart Tokyo Electric Power’s largest nuclear plant, Kashiwazaki-Kariwa, located in the prefecture.
Tags: Abe, election, energy policy, Fukushima, governor, kashiwazaki-kariwa, Komeito, LDP, Liberal Democratic Party, Nuclear, Nuclear energy, Sendai, Shinzo Abe, tokyo electric power, yoneyama ryuichi

Looking back on Operation Tomodachi, five years later
April 1, 2016Author: Sankei Shimbun
Categories: Energy and Technology, In the News
Sasakawa USA’s James Kendall’s experience working with Operation Tomodachi is detailed in a March 8 article series in the Sankei Shimbun. The articles detail how Kendall and other U.S. Forces assisted relief efforts following the March 11, 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. Kendall, Sasakawa USA’s Fellow for Common Challenges, served as the Marine liaison to the
Tags: 3.11, disaster, earthquake, Fukushima, Fukushima Daiichi, Great East Japan Earthquake, James Kendall, JUMP, march 11, nuclear crisis, Operation Tomodachi, relief efforts, sankei shimbun, Sendai, sendai airport, Tohoku, tsunami

True Stories from Japan: Face to face with Japan’s resiliency
September 15, 2015Categories: Sasakawa USA Alumni, Sasakawa USA Blog, True Stories from Japan
Ari Ratner is the Founder and CEO of Inside Revolution. He wrote this blog reflecting on his experience visiting Japan in March 2011. I visited in Japan on a Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA-sponsored trip in March 2011 as my last journey as a political appointee in the U.S. State Department. It was almost exactly a
Tags: earthquake, hurricane katrina, Japan, Sendai, Tohoku earthquake, true stories from japan

Japan’s first reactor restart delayed to August: Kyushu Electric
June 2, 2015Author: Reuters
Categories: Daily Japan News
Kyushu Electric has delayed the restart of its Sendai nuclear reactor to August.

Japan nuclear regulator clears first reactors after safety checks
May 27, 2015Author: Reuters
Categories: Daily Japan News
Kyushu Electric Power Co’s Sendai plant has cleared new safety regulations for restart.
Tags: Japan, Kyushu, nuclear power, safety regulations, Sendai