AS 201 Japanese Environment:

 

A. Kingston Reading

How Green Is Japan? or Not?

Nuclear Follies

Tokaimura

Kashiwazaki

Rokkasho

Renwable Energy

Closure of Minamata

Whaling Wars

Institute for Cetacean Research

 

B. Karan Reading

Ashio Copper Mine

Besshi Copper Mine

Minamata Disease

Yokkaichi Asthma

Grassroots Environmental Movements

Central Terminal Stations--petrol storage

Rokkasho in Aomori

Sanrizuka v. Narita airport

Lake Shikotsu Hokkaido

Saving Wetlands

Golf course, Hokkaido

Forest Preservation, Zushi City

Airport Ishigaki island

Preserve Old Kyoto

Also, Preserving Tidelands:

Sanbanze in Chiba,

Fujimae in Nagoya

(not covered by Karan)

What do all of these Incidents suggest about Environmental Movements in Japan?

 

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