Japan's policy of basing its nuclear power program on reprocessed plutonium has aroused widespread suspicion that Japan is secretly planning to develop nuclear weapons. This book presents the views of leading Japanese proponents and critics of the reprocessing policy and the future of a Japanese nuclear weapons program.
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Japan's policy of basing its nuclear power program on reprocessed plutonium has aroused widespread suspicion that Japan is secretly planning to develop nuclear weapons. This book presents the views of leading Japanese proponents and critics of the reprocessing policy and the future of a Japanese nuclear weapons program.
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Publisher:
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Published:
1996
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
13469935525
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Very good. vi, 122 pages. Illustrations. Notes. Appendix A. Appendix B. Foreword by Morton I. Abramowitz. Selig Seidenman Harrison (born March 19, 1927) it is a scholar, journalist, and author who specializes in South Asia and East Asia. He has written five books on Asian affairs and U.S. relations with Asia. His book, Korean Endgame: A Strategy for Reunification and U.S. Disengagement, won the 2002 award of the Association of American Publishers for the best Professional/Scholarly Book in Government and Political Science. His outspoken, criticisms of Administration policies often appear on Op-Ed pages of many major newspapers, including The Washington Post, The New York Times, The International Herald Tribune, and The Financial Times. Harrison served as a senior associate of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, he pursued investigative assignments every year in a variety of countries. During the late 1970s Harrison conducted field research on the Baluch insurgency and Pashtun nationalism. Japan's policy of basing its nuclear power program on reprocessed plutonium has aroused widespread suspicion that Japan is secretly planning to develop nuclear weapons. This book presents the views of a leading Japanese proponent of the reprocessing policy, Tsuyuki Suzuki, professor of nuclear engineering at Tokyo University; a leading critic, Jinzaburo Takagi, director of the Citizens Nuclear Information Center; and Taewoo Kim, a South Korean specialist who warns that the Japanese nuclear program could lead Seoul to pursue a reprocessing capability of its own. The introduction by Selig S. Harrison analyzes the history of the domestic debate in Japan over the acquisition of nuclear weapons and assesses the possibility of a Japanese nuclear weapons program.