Yasuyuki Sakai
Biographic Data
| ID | 10944211 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Yasuyuki Sakai |
| GIVEN NAMES | Yasuyuki |
| FAMILY NAME | Sakai |
| SIGNATURE | SAKAI Y |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7734-5398 |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
"Public Anger," Power, and the Rule of Japanese Elites
Hachiro Yoshio 's stint as the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry in the new Noda Yoshihiko administration was not the briefest cabinet assignment on record, but it was certainly one of the most controversial. News outlets reported that it was "public outrage" over two remarks he made which forced Hachiro to quit. In the absence of evidence, we have to take their word for it
The Truth About Nuclear Power
Koide Hiroaki began his career as a nuclear engineer forty years ago drawn to the promise of nuclear power. Quickly, however, he recognized the flaws in Japan's nuclear power program and emerged as among the best informed of Japan's nuclear power critic. His cogent public critique of the nuclear village earned him an honourable form of purgatory as a permanent assistant professor at Kyoto University. Koide would pay a price in career terms, conti…
Japan's Decline as a Robotics Superpower
Robots were a major force in the automation drive that made Japan the most competitive nation in manufacturing in the 1980s. That glory seems to have faded in recent decades, and Japanese robotics are no exception.The two articles that follow highlight the failures of R&R in Japanese robotics engineering that were dramatically and tragically revealed by the earthquake and tsunami-driven meltdown of TEPCO's nuclear power plants at Fukushima. Contr…
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"Public Anger," Power, and the Rule of Japanese Elites
Hachiro Yoshio 's stint as the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry in the new Noda Yoshihiko administration was not the briefest cabinet assignment on record, but it was certainly one of the most controversial. News outlets reported that it was "public outrage" over two remarks he made which forced Hachiro to quit. In the absence of evidence, we have to take their word for it
The Truth About Nuclear Power
Koide Hiroaki began his career as a nuclear engineer forty years ago drawn to the promise of nuclear power. Quickly, however, he recognized the flaws in Japan's nuclear power program and emerged as among the best informed of Japan's nuclear power critic. His cogent public critique of the nuclear village earned him an honourable form of purgatory as a permanent assistant professor at Kyoto University. Koide would pay a price in career terms, conti…
Japan's Decline as a Robotics Superpower
Robots were a major force in the automation drive that made Japan the most competitive nation in manufacturing in the 1980s. That glory seems to have faded in recent decades, and Japanese robotics are no exception.The two articles that follow highlight the failures of R&R in Japanese robotics engineering that were dramatically and tragically revealed by the earthquake and tsunami-driven meltdown of TEPCO's nuclear power plants at Fukushima. Contr…
Political science (3 works) · Physics (2 works) · Anger (1 work) · Artificial Intelligence (1 work) · China (1 work) · Computer Science (1 work) · Economic history (1 work) · Engineering (1 work) · History (1 work) · Japanese History and Culture (1 work)