TAKEKAWA Shunichi    Department   Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University  College of Asia Pacific Studies    Position   Professor
Language	English
Publication Date	2012/09
Type	Research paper (Academic/Professional Journal)
Peer Review	Peer reviewed
Title	Drawing a Line between Peaceful and Military Uses of Nuclear Power: The Japanese Press, 1945 - 1955
Contribution Type	Single Work
Journal	The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus
Volume, Issue, Page	10(37)
Details	Why did Japan, the victim of the atomic bomb, early and whole- heartedly opt for nuclear power? From 1945 to 1955, indeed, from the immediate aftermath of Japan’s surrender, the Asahi, Mainichi and Yomiuri, the big three newspapers, unanimously and without controversy, endorsed the peaceful uses of nuclear power, distinguishing it from nuclear weapons. This article reconsiders a literature that has focused on the decisive role of the Yomiuri newspaper, and Eisenhower’s 1953 Atoms for Peace program, which led the Japanese to accept nuclear power in the mid-1950s. Instead, it shows a broad media consensus in support of nuclear power from the 1940s, envisaged as the heart of the next industrial revolution. Note: http://www.japanfocus.org/-Shunichi-TAKEKAWA/3823