Japan's Nuclear Crisis - The Routes to Responsibility

An analysis and exploration into the impact of Japan's 2011 nuclear crisis. Investigation of the disaster will pose questions regarding why Daiichi was constructed in an earthquake-prone zone and was still operating despite problems that had been plaguing the reactors since 1989 such as cracks in infrastructure and leaks in radioactivity.

List of contents

Introduction Definition of the Ministries' IAIs, Including Historical Development. Ministries Involved in Nuclear Sector and Their IAIs. Portrait of Japan's Current Political Environment Japan's Pre-earthquake Economy METI's Electric Development Power Corp Ehime. Aomori, Fukushima and MOX: Prefectural Acceptance of Ministerial 'Guidance' in Return for Public Works Projects Don't Blame the Bureaucrats Blame the System Conclusion

About the author

SUSAN CARPENTER is the managing director of International Markets Analysts Limited. She has worked for Japanese business and government organizations and also served as the Director of the MSc in International Business and Emerging Markets at the University of Edinburgh Business School. Her previous publications include Special Corporations and the Bureaucracy: Why Japan Can't Reform (Palgrave Macmillan, 2003) and Why Japan can't reform: Inside the System (Palgrave Macmillan, 2008).

Summary

An analysis and exploration into the impact of Japan's 2011 nuclear crisis. Investigation of the disaster will pose questions regarding why Daiichi was constructed in an earthquake-prone zone and was still operating despite problems that had been plaguing the reactors since 1989 such as cracks in infrastructure and leaks in radioactivity.

Product details

• Authors: S Carpenter, S. Carpenter
• Publisher: Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2011
• EAN: 9781349346738
• ISBN: 978-1-349-34673-8
• No. of pages: 248
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 14 mm x 229 mm
• Weight: 393 g
• Illustrations: XVII, 248 p.
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > International economy; B, Cultural Studies, Economics, International business, International Economics, Energy Policy, Economics and Management, Industrial Organization, Energy technology & engineering, Energy Policy, Management science, Energy industries & utilities, Energy and state, Economics of industrial organisation, Asian Culture, Ethnology—Asia, Asia—Economic conditions, Asian Economics, International business enterprises, Palgrave Business & Management Collection