Japan's Rhetoric of Crisis: Prospects for Change after 3.11

For some Japanese political entrepreneurs, the March 2011 catastrophe in Tohoku (3.11) was a warning for Japan to "put it in gear" and head in a new direction-away from nuclear power or toward a muscular military. For others, 3.11 was a once-in-a-millennium "black swan," so Japan...

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Main Author: Samuels, Richard J. (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for International Studies (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Political Science (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Muse - Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014-03-21T13:21:30Z.
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