Overview
- Investigates the policy of the Japanese government toward the animals of Fukushima and the voluntary animal rescue work that filled the void left by the government
- Offers a dedicated insight into the individual fates of a number of animals in the aftermath of the disaster
- Illustrates the problem of the conflict between the goals of neoliberalism and those of environmental and animal protection
Part of the book series: The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series (PMAES)
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Plight of Animals in General and Their Relief
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Plights of Specific Animals and Their Rescue
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Comparisons and Overall Assessment
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book is the first comprehensive, in-depth English language study of the animals that were left behind in the exclusion zone in the wake of the nuclear meltdown of three of the four reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in March 2011, triggered by the Great East Japan Earthquake of magnitude 9.0.The Japanese government designated an area of 20-kilometer radius from the nuclear power station as an exclusion zone and evacuated one hundred thousand residents, but left companion animals and livestock animals behind in the radioactive area. Consequently, about 90 percent of the animals in the exclusion zone died. This book juxtaposes policies of the Japanese government toward the animals in Fukushima with the actions of grassroots volunteer animal rescue groups that filled the void of the government.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Mayumi Itoh is a former Professor of Political Science at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA. She has also taught at Princeton University and Queens College, City University of New York , and has written numerous books, including Globalization of Japan (1998), The Hatoyama Dynasty (2003), Japanese Wartime Zoo Policy (2010), The Making of China’s Peace with Japan (2017), and The Japanese Culture of Mourning Whales (forthcoming 2018).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Animals and the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster
Authors: Mayumi Itoh
Series Title: The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70757-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-70756-3Published: 10 April 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-09989-3Published: 21 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-70757-0Published: 16 March 2018
Series ISSN: 2634-6672
Series E-ISSN: 2634-6680
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIII, 246
Topics: Ethics, Social Philosophy, Animal Welfare/Animal Ethics, Effects of Radiation/Radiation Protection