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Targeting indigenous land for nuclear waste

Targeting indigenous land for nuclear waste

Living Planet

July 11, 202523m 29s

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Show Notes

Nuclear power is making a comeback in Japan. But in Hokkaido, indigenous Ainu communities are being sidelined as their ancestral land is eyed for nuclear waste storage. The Ainu musician Oki Kano leads a quiet resistance - raising questions about justice and who gets a say in the race to decarbonize.

Topics

nuclearradioactive wastecolonialismenergy policyfukushima disaster