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Introduction: Art And Activism In Post-Disaster Japan, Alexander Brown, Vera C. Mackie
Introduction: Art And Activism In Post-Disaster Japan, Alexander Brown, Vera C. Mackie
Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts - Papers (Archive)
On 11 March 2011, the northeastern area of Japan, known as Tōhoku, was hit by an unprecedented earthquake and tsunami. The disaster damaged the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, one of a number of such facilities located in what was already an economically disadvantaged region.2 This led to a series of explosions and meltdowns and to the leakage of contaminated water and radioactive fallout into the surrounding area. Around 20,000 people were reported dead or missing, with a disproportionate number from the aged population of the region. Nearly four years later, hundreds of thousands of people are still displaced: evacuated …
Conclusion: Reflections On The Rhythms Of Internationalisation In Post-Disaster Japan, Vera Mackie
Conclusion: Reflections On The Rhythms Of Internationalisation In Post-Disaster Japan, Vera Mackie
Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts - Papers (Archive)
On 7 Jul 2012. a concert was held at Makuhari Messe near Tokyo. The concert was part of a growing movement against nuclear power in the wake of the triple earthquake-tsunami-nuclear disaster in northeastern Japan on 11 March 2011. The headline performers were the Japanese band Yellow Magic Orchestra and the German band Kraftwerk. Since the earliest days of Yellow Magic Orchestra. band leader Sakamoto Ryuichi has forged an international career as a performer and composer, moving between Tokyo, New York and other global cities. In recent years, he has used his public profile to argue for environmental sustainability, so …