Toichi Sakata
Senior Advisor, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) and Former MEXT Administrative Vice-minister

2011.8

The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident has resulted in extremely serious and major damage. This has forced me to ask myself over again whether it is really possible for human society to ...[more]

Yoshio Shioya
scientific journalist

2011.8

Four months after the nuclear accident, I think scientific reports are dead is the most adequate expression to describe them. I intentionally selected the word moribund to use in the title of this ...[more]

Hideaki Karaki
Vice President of the Science Council of Japan and Emeritus Professor, The University of Tokyo

2011.7

A large amount of radioactive material was released into the atmosphere by the hydrogen explosion at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. Not only in Fukushima Prefecture, but looking at the ...[more]

Ryota Tanaka
freelance journalist

2011.7

As a result of the national referendum held in Italy on June 12 and 13 on whether to resume the operation of nuclear power plants, 94.05 % of voters supported "continuing to suspend the ...[more]

Haruo Kurasawa
Science journalist

2011.7

The Tohoku Earthquake brought about unimaginable damage. "Earthquake, thunder, fire, father." In Japan, these are the words that symbolize disaster. However, in the recent disaster most ...[more]

Tateo Arimoto
Director of the Research Institute of Science and Technology for Society, Japan Science and Technology Agency

2011.6

The disaster brought about by the Eastern Japan Mega Quake and the subsequent major tsunami, as well as the crippled Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant, has had a significant impact not only on the social ...[more]

Kayoko Nakamura
Healthcare Coordination Room Chief, Japan Radioisotope Association

2011.6

ICRP stands for the International Committee on Radiological Protection. The phrase "ICRP Recommendations" has been heard often since the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident. ...[more]

Takefumi Kikusui
Professor in the School of Veterinary Medicine at Companion Animal Research, Azabu University

2011.6

From when I was a young child, I grew up in the countryside and I was surrounded by birds, fish, animals and forests. In the countryside I took the large amount of nature for granted, and never gave ...[more]

Masakazu Sugawara
Emeritus Professor/Research Professor at Iwate University

2011.6

For the people of the Tohoku district, where the winters are long, the blooming and falling cherry blossoms hold a special, moving ...[more]

Takeei Koizumi
Professor at Tokyo Gakugei University

2011.5

We could never forget the sight of houses and vehicles floating like matchboxes on a huge tsunami. One and a half months have passed since the Eastern Japan Mega-Quake that caused extensive damage in ...[more]