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September 13, 2011

A Vital Chance to Rethink Energy Policy

Sarah Marchildon, Japan Times


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Dear Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, The Tohoku earthquake and tsunami that devastated northeastern Japan continues to resonate far beyond its geographical borders for many reasons, but most of all because it exposed a deep fault line that runs through the global nuclear industry. . .

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TAGGED: Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, Japanese energy policy, nuclear energy, Fukushima, Japan Times

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