Nihon no Gensiryoku Gaiko [Japan’s nuclear diplomacy: a resource-poor country’s 70 years of struggle]

摘要

The objective of Prof. Takeda’s new book is to describe the history of the Japanese peaceful useof nuclear energy. Although many other books with the same objective have been publishedsince the meltdown of Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant, his book is distinctive because of twoperspectives; the focus on Japanese diplomacy and comprehensiveness covering not only thehistory of peaceful use but the related history such as disarmament and non-proliferation ofnuclear weapons. In Japan, the most important book in this field has been Yoshioka’s work1. Asthe main focus of Yoshioka was understanding the Japanese domestic structure for developingof nuclear energy, Takeda’s book is another pillar of this field.