This book is about the consequences of the Fukushima disaster in light of their technological
societal political cultural and environmental origins. The magnitude of the nuclear accident
is investigated in this book in the contexts of politics economy and society. The authors
scrutinize the relationships between science technology and society leading to this accident.
Further the authors reveal how these relationships were constructed historically. This book
provides a case analysis on the Fukushima disaster in political societal economic and
cultural dimensions. In addition analyses for historically grown relationships between
different societal spheres mouthing into disasters are presented using examples of the Minamata
disease (Mercury pollution) Itai-Itai Disease (Cadmium pollution) BSE and GMOs. With this
book Yuko Fujigaki achieves to connect local and cultural peculiarities with generalized
scientific information and practices in a coherent logical fashion to a comprehensive volume
on a very actual topic of global significance. In light of a globally increasing energy gap
this book has a distinct global relevance providing an honest account on different triggers
mouthing into the nuclear disaster. This book not only gives a scientific account. It also can
also contribute to prevent future disasters starting from similar vectors.
