Argumentation Jun 2025

Japan’s Strategic Maneuvering in the Fukushima Controversy: The Argumentative Move from the Contaminated Water to the Treated Water

Hiroko Okuda
Journal
Argumentation
Published
2025-06-01
DOI
10.1007/s10503-025-09663-2
CompPile
Open Access
Closed
Export
BibTeX RIS

Citation Context

Cited by in this index (0)

No articles in this index cite this work.

References (95)

  1. Adviser urges Tepco to free up tanks: Water at No. 1 said safe to dump. 2016, September 7. The Japan Times, p. 2.
  2. ALPS filter off till at least September. 2013, August 27. The Japan Times, p. 1&3.
  3. ALPs-treated water at No. 1 plant has more than tritium. 2018, August 20. The Japan Times, p. 1.
  4. Blair, G. 2021, August 20. Nuclear reactor’s operator hid fault line danger. The Times (London), p. 32.
  5. Brown, A. 2023, August 23. Japan is setting an awful example with Fukushima’s water: [Op-Ed]. The New York Ti…
Show all 95 →
  1. Buesseler, K. O. 2020, August 7. Nuclear waste: Opening the floodgates at Fukushima. Science. Retrieved from …
     ↗
  2. K Burke (1969)
    A grammar of motives
     ↗
  3. K Burke (1969)
    A rhetoric of motives
     ↗
  4. Cabinet Public Relations Office, Cabinet Secretariat. 2013, September 25. Address by H. E. Mr. Shinzo Abe, Pr…
  5. Cautionary tales. 2013, August 4. The Japan Times, pp. 7–8.
  6. Contaminated water may be evaporated. 2019, December 24. The Japan Times, p. 1.
  7. Currie, D. E. J., and S. Burnie. 2020, March 3. Japan’s plan for radioactive water defies international law. …
  8. Dalrymple, W. 2012, August 1. The ultimate water treatment system. Nuclear Engineering International. Retriev…
  9. Decision needed on waste water at Fukushima: IAEA. 2018, November 15. The Japan Times, p. 2.
  10. Dooley, B., and H. Ueno. 2021, March 10. The mayor’s house was firebombed. The New York Times. Retrieved from…
  11. Fackler, M. 2015, August 9. Japanese balk at returning to disaster area. The New York Times, p. A6.
  12. T Farrell (1993)
    Norms of rhetorical culture
     ↗
  13. Fishermen to accept release of water. 2015, July 29. The Japan Times, p. 2.
  14. Fukushima stuck in tritium release standoff. 2017, March 20. The Japan Times, p. 3.
  15. Fukushima nuclear water to be released into sea. 2020, October 17. The Japan Times, p. 1.
  16. Fukushima radiation levels 18 times higher than previously thought. 2013, September 1. The Guardian (London).…
  17. Goodnight, G. T. 1982. The personal. technical, and public spheres of argument: A speculative inquiry into. T…
     ↗
  18. Goodnight, G. T. 2012. The personal, technical, and public spheres. A note on 21st century critical communica…
     ↗
  19. Hairo yotei-dōri. 2021, February 24. kitai dekinai 74% (74% of Fukushima local residents have no expectations…
  20. Hamada, T. 2023, December. Naze, kaiyō hōshutsu datta-no-ka (Why did the Japanese government choose the ocean…
  21. Harriman, B. 2023, July 4. We depend on our beautiful reefs. The Guardian (London). Retrieved from the LexisN…
  22. K Hino (2013)
    Kenmin Kenkō Chōsa no Yami [The censorship of Fukushima public health check]
  23. Hoshi, A. 2024, February. Kowareta taiwa o torimodosu (How to reconstruct a dialogue). Sekai 978, pp. 200–208.
  24. IAEA. 2021, April 13. IAEA ready to support Japan on Fukushima water disposal, Director General Grossi says. …
  25. IAEA chief to visit countries over treated water. 2023 June 30. The Japan Times, p. 1.
  26. IAEA to report on water discharge plan. 2023, June 29. The Japan Times, p. 1.
  27. Investigation. 2024, January 11. at Shika nuclear power plant damaged by Japan earthquake. The Times. Retriev…
  28. Iwata, M. 2013, December 4. IAEA: Tepco should consider controlled discharge. The Wall Street Journal. Retrie…
  29. Iwata, M. 2015, January 21. Fukushima watch: Regulator calls on Tepco to discharge tritium water. The Wall St…
  30. Japan Ministry of Education and Technology. 2011. Hōshasen tō ni kan suru fukudokuhon [The supplementary book…
  31. Japan Ministry of Economy, Technology and Information. 2021. April13). Change to the definition of ALPS treat…
  32. Japan Ministry of Economy, Technology and Information. The Inter-Ministerial Council for Contaminated Water, …
  33. Japan Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2020, June 12. Response to the joint communication from special procedures…
  34. Japan’s NRA orders probe on quake damage at Shika nuclear power plant. 2024, January 11. The Japan Times. Ret…
  35. Jett, J., and B. Dooley. 2021. March 13). Japan to release water from Fukushima plant into the sea over decad…
  36. Josendo. 2024. Kokyō jigyō riyō sansei 57% (The survey about the contaminated soil: 57% supporting for its pu…
  37. Kishida works to ease water release worries. 2023, August 22. The Japan News, p. 2.
  38. Kokumin no rikai etenai hansū-chō (The opinion poll shows less than 50% support for the ocean discharge of th…
  39. G Lukianoff (2018)
    The coddling of the American Mind: How good intentions and bad ideas are setting up a gen…
  40. McCurry, J. 2013b. September 2. Fukushima: Japan promises swift action on nuclear cleanup. In The guardian, R…
  41. McCurry, J. 2011, December 16. Fukushima is in cold shutdown, says Japanese prime minister. The Guardian. Ret…
  42. McCurry, J. 2013a, September 1. Fukushima radiation levels 18 times higher than previously thought. The Guard…
  43. McCurry, J. 2020, October 23. Fukushima reactor water could damage human DNA if released, says Greenpeace. Th…
  44. McCurry, J. 2023, July 4. Fukushima plan to release water into ocean approved by UN watchdog. The Guardian (L…
  45. K Miura (2014)
    Miura, K. 2014. Fūhyō Higai no Poritikusu: Nazuke no < gōman-sa > o Megutte (Damage control of post-nuclear F…
    Kankyōshakaigaku [Environmental Sociology]
  46. Nagata, K. 2019, August 10. Nuclear plant water tanks full by 2022. The Japan Times, p. 1.
  47. R Nixon (2011)
    Slow violence and the environmentalism of the poor
     ↗
  48. Okabe, Y., E. Kakinuma, and Y. Yamaguchi. 2023, August 30. China standoff looms over treated water. The Japan…
  49. Outcry erupts in and out of Japan over Fukushima water decision. 2021, April 13. The Asahi Shimbun. Retrieved…
  50. Pelelman, C., and L. Olbrechts-Tyteca. 1969. The new rhetoric (J. Wilkinson & P. Weaver, Trans.) Notre Dame: …
  51. Pidd, H. 2023, August 23. Wednesday briefing: Fukushima nuclear plant is set to flush tonnes of water into th…
  52. Price, N. 2021, April 12. Government of Japan’s announcement on Fukushima treated water release decision: Pre…
  53. Ramifications of crisis upgrade to level 7, radiation risk. 2011, April 14. The Japan Times, p. 3.
  54. Release of Fukushima water into ocean is safe: METI. 2019, November 19. The Japan Times, p. 1.
  55. Removal of Fukushima N-plant debris postponed again, pushed back 6 months. 2024, January 27. The Japan News, p. 2.
  56. Rich, M. 2024, January 2. Powerful earthquake jolts Western Japan. The New York Times, p. A7.
  57. Rich, M., and S. Choe. 2023, July 5. Japan cleared to release water from Fukushima. The New York Times, p. A10.
  58. Rich, M., and M. Inoue. 2019, December 24. Fishermen brace as Japan urges release of reactor’s wastewater. Th…
  59. Rich, M., and J. Liu. 2023, September 1. Bending truth, China stokes ire against Japan.The New York Times, p. A1.
  60. Rich, M., and H. Ueno. 2023, August 23. Japan to release water from ruined nuclear plant despite objections. …
  61. Russian trawlers fishing off Fukushima. 2024, January 28. South China Morning Post.
  62. Saito, M., and A. Slodkowski. 2014, October 9. Fukushima No. 1 workers kept in dark On risk pay. The Japan Ti…
  63. Sample, I. 2013, December 4. G2: A dirty job with no end in sight. The Guardian (London), p. 6.
  64. E Sapir (1934)
    Encyclopaedia of the social sciences
  65. Secretariat of the Team for Countermeasures for Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Treatment. 2014. Septe…
  66. Sheldrick, A., and O. Tsukimori. 2018, October 13. TEPCO apologizes for still-radioactive water at Fukushima …
  67. Shorisui hōshutsu 68% ga hiteiteki (68% of Fukushima Governor and mayors oppose to the discharge of treated w…
  68. Solutions to water, fuel issues remain elusive. 2019, March 8. The Japan Times, p. 3.
  69. T Takahashi (2012)
    Gisei no Shisutemu: Fukushima, Okinawa [The system of forcing Fukushima and Okinawa to sa…
  70. Takahashi, R. 2019, March 8. Fukushima’s water woes slow to recede. The Japan Times, p. 1 & 3.
  71. Tamura, M., and A. Yoshinaga. 2023, September 1. Chinese crank callers doing to for kicks. The Japan News, p. 1.
  72. TEPCO. 2021, April 16. Attachment 1: TEPCO Holdings’ action in response to the government’s policy on the han…
  73. TEPCO. 2021, April 27. New Definition of ALPS treated water and the amount of tritium in water being stored i…
  74. The Mainichi Shinbun.
  75. The Yomiuri Shinbun.
  76. The Nihon Keizai Shinbun.
  77. The International Atomic Energy Agency. 2018. The IAEA Safety Glossary.Retrieved from https://www.iaea.org/pu…
  78. The Fukushima Minyū.
  79. The Fukushima Minpō.
  80. The Asahi Shinbun.
  81. Tsukimori, O., and S. Sugiyama. 2021, April 13. Japan: Government OKs discharge of Fukushima nuclear plant wa…
  82. Tuser, C. 2019, October 11. South Korea brings Fukushima wastewater issue to London Convention Meeting. Waste…
  83. United Nations Special Rapporteurs. 2020, April 20. Joint communication from special procedures. Retrieved fr…
  84. FH van Eemeren (2010)
    Strategic maneuvering in argumentative discourse: Extending the pragma-dialectical theory…
     ↗
  85. FH van Eemeren (2004)
    A systematic theory of argumentation:the pragma-dialectical approach
  86. FH van Eemeren (2002)
    Dialectic and rhetoric: The warp and woof of argumentation analysis
     ↗
  87. Wong, C. 2021, April 13. China warns of action over Japan’s decision to dump radioactive Fukushima water into…
  88. Y Yamashita (2016)
    Ningen Naki Fukkō: Genpatsu Hinan to Kokumin no Furikai O Megutte [The restoration withou…
  89. Yoshinaga, A. 2023, September 2. Embassy goes on the offensive. The Japan Times, p. 1. 40% know of Fukushima …
  90. 40% know of Fukushima treated water release. (2022, April 29). The Japan Times, p. 2.
CrossRef global citation count: 0 View in citation network → Build reading path →