Löschke A (2018)
Publication Language: English
Publication Type: Journal article, Review article
Publication year: 2018
Book Volume: 91
Pages Range: 803–805
Journal Issue: 4
Voluminous literature on the Fukushima nuclear disaster has been published, but My Nuclear Nightmare: Leading Japan through the Fukushima Disaster to a Nuclear-Free Future might be one of the most important primary sources to be translated into English. The Japanese version was published in 2012.
The book is interesting in many research contexts. Scholars who are interested in crisis management, risk communication, the prime minister’s political leadership, media coverage of the prime minister, nuclear regulatory authority, renewable energy policy, and ethical issues such as the lives of nuclear power plant workers, will find the book engaging. Kan’s statements either correspond or relate to other primary sources, such as the report of the National Diet of Japan’s Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission; books published by other politicians, such as Fukuyama Tetsurō; or the testimony of the plant manager Yoshida. To examine Kan’s statements, researchers should compare them with these other primary sources.
APA:
Löschke, A. (2018). MY NUCLEAR NIGHTMARE: Leading Japan through the Fukushima Disaster to a Nuclear-Free Future | By Naoto Kan; translated from the Japanese by Jeffrey S. Irish. Pacific Affairs, 91(4), 803–805.
MLA:
Löschke, Ayaka. "MY NUCLEAR NIGHTMARE: Leading Japan through the Fukushima Disaster to a Nuclear-Free Future | By Naoto Kan; translated from the Japanese by Jeffrey S. Irish." Pacific Affairs 91.4 (2018): 803–805.
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