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Hooked on Nuclear Power: Japanese State-Local Relations and the Vicious Cycle of Nuclear Dependence

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2025

Hiroshi Onitsuka
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This article examines the problems associated with the fact that Japanese nuclear power plants have multiple reactors within one plant and are concentrated in specific regions. It analyzes the situation from international, domestic, and local perspectives, revealing features of Japanese state-local relations.

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nuclear power plantstate-local relationslocal communitylocal governmentUS-Japan relationspublic financeFukushima Daiichi

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Asia-Pacific Journal , Volume 10 , Issue 3 , January 2012 , e1
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