Author of upcoming book about the Fukushima nuclear disaster. Writer and editor at @nytimes.
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How did Japan get to a decision to send soldiers and firemen into the nuclear plant during the Fukushima disaster, even if that meant risking their lives? I discuss this fateful decision making at @Harvard Kennedy School.
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Generations of American leaders starting with Ronald Reagan allowed our industrial base to hollow out and migrate to Asia. The result is we cannot even produce enough missiles to fight more than a few months against a smaller regional power. (The merits of that war aside.)
Eighty years ago, the U.S. prevailed in World War II by being the arsenal of democracy, churning out fleets of aircraft carriers and bombers. Today, we fail to build more than a few hundred Patriot missiles per year.
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Not all production can be reshored to the U.S., as this A/B test conducted by a showerhead maker attests:
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#trade #Tariffs
Chinese academics also challenge the legitimacy of Japan's takeover of Okinawa in the 1870s, saying the Qing were too weak (and diverted by Japan's 1874 attack on Taiwan) to oppose it. While there are kernels of historical truth, these claims serve present-day political goals.
Russian state media publishes interview with Russian historian who accuses Japan of committing genocide against the Ainu. Anatoly Koshkin says “Hokkaido is not Japanese territory… It’s a colony conquered via many battles with the Ainu.” He accuses Japan of modern-day discrimination against the Ainu, as well as Koreans, Burakumin, & people from the Ryukyus. He says Okinawa used to belong to China.
外国のメディアが報じるまで日本の実態を知ることができなかったのは、ジャニーズ問題だけではない。伊藤詩織さんのレイプもそうだった。残念なのは、日本人のジャーナリストがこういう問題を真面目に追究しようとしたら、あのBBCの記事よりずっといい調査報道ができるはず。もっと頑張って下さいよ。
#ジャニーズ 問題についてマスコミは週刊誌報道を黙殺してきた過去を今更反省している。
それなら週刊誌が現在進行中で追及している木原疑惑をなぜ報じないのか？
汚染水の海洋放出やワクチン薬害でなぜ政府を追及せず大本営発表を垂れ流すのか？
ジャニーズ問題の「反省」はポーズとしか思えない。
The need for Japan to step up and punch closer to its economic weight in global political and cultural affairs is as strong today as it was when the book came out. Even more so, with China's top-down economic growth model running out of steam.
Excited our book on Japan taking a bigger role in world out next week. @DanielPAldrich @kengokuma @lullymiura @Matt_Alt @Cyranoski @profLind
Martin Fackler retweeted
"Dry Run for War: How Fukushima Changed Japan and Its Place in the World" conversation with @martfack and Arn Howitt
Watch here ⤵️
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Martin Fackler retweeted
At a recent @HarvardRajawali event, @martfack and Arn Howitt discussed the impacts of the Fukushima disaster and how the accident ultimately altered the world's approach to crisis management
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Martin Fackler retweeted
I like your answer and use it in the future! Why Japan? That’s because political science is not just American politics!
米「ゴジラ」原爆批判のせりふ削除していた 国防総省が脚本に抗議 2014年映画（沖縄タイムス） news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/a3…
This is interesting: LDP moving to shut down the flow of public info on the Abe assassination. Apparently, Nara police were too forthcoming, so Katayama wants to manage all disclosure via Tokyo.
Same happened during Fukushima, after NISA briefly admitted a meltdown was possible
An article on Abe's family history with the Moonies.
The weekly tabloids play a role in Japan's media space by writing what the big dailies dare not. Problem is their articles can be so fast and loose that you're never sure what to actually believe.
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「山上容疑者の母親と統一教会の関係」を英米の数多くのメディアが報じている。しかし、日本では宗教団体がタブーらしく、メディアは未だに躊躇しているように見える。
この記事は英ファイナンシャルタイムズ紙が書いた。皮肉的には、FT紙の持ち主は日本経済新聞社。子会社からもっと学んでほしい。
Killing of Shinzo Abe shines spotlight on politicians’ links with Moonies on.ft.com/3IuDE4C
