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Japan’s Fukushima nuclear waste plan stirs ‘Pacific Chernobyl’ risk protests

June 29, 2023

By Peter Boyle in Sydney As Pacific communities protest the Japanese government’s plan to dump more than a million tonnes of radioactive waste water from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean, Australian anti-nuclear activists are highlighting the complicity of Australian uranium exporting companies. While the Fukushima Daiichi power station operator, Tokyo Electric Power ... <a title="Japan’s Fukushima nuclear waste plan stirs ‘Pacific Chernobyl’ risk protests" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/29/japans-fukushima-nuclear-waste-plan-stirs-pacific-chernobyl-risk-protests/" aria-label="Read more about Japan’s Fukushima nuclear waste plan stirs ‘Pacific Chernobyl’ risk protests">Read more</a>

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Nuclear experts offer ‘taking a sip’ of Japan’s treated reactor wastewater

June 23, 2023

By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist Independent nuclear experts have offered to drink water and eat fish from the Pacific Ocean after Japan dumps its nuclear waste water into the Pacific. Japan is planning to ditch over one million tonnes of ALPS-treated radioactive wastewater from the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific ... <a title="Nuclear experts offer ‘taking a sip’ of Japan’s treated reactor wastewater" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/23/nuclear-experts-offer-taking-a-sip-of-japans-treated-reactor-wastewater/" aria-label="Read more about Nuclear experts offer ‘taking a sip’ of Japan’s treated reactor wastewater">Read more</a>

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LIVE @ Midday: Geopolitical balancing in the South-West Pacific and Does this mean Conflict is inevitable?

June 8, 2023

INTERACTIVE WEBCAST: Join the LIVE recording of Paul G. Buchanan and Selwyn Manning’s podcast A View from Afar shortly after midday today Thursday (New Zealand time) and Wednesday 8pm (US EDT). Today, In this episode of A View from Afar political scientist, and former Pentagon analyst, Dr Paul Buchanan, and Selwyn Manning will analyse the ... <a title="LIVE @ Midday: Geopolitical balancing in the South-West Pacific and Does this mean Conflict is inevitable?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/08/live-midday-geopolitical-balancing-in-the-south-west-pacific-and-does-this-mean-conflict-is-inevitable/" aria-label="Read more about LIVE @ Midday: Geopolitical balancing in the South-West Pacific and Does this mean Conflict is inevitable?">Read more</a>

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Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Visualising Countries’ Deficits and Debts, Surpluses and Credits, in context of the US Government’s Debt Ceiling

May 29, 2023

Analysis by Keith Rankin. The topic of financial debt is one of the hardest for humans to get their heads around. The normal understanding of a debt is a sacrifice made by one party (the owner of the debt) in favour of another party (the ower) which will be remedied some time in the future ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Visualising Countries’ Deficits and Debts, Surpluses and Credits, in context of the US Government’s Debt Ceiling" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/29/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-visualising-countries-deficits-and-debts-surpluses-and-credits-in-context-of-the-us-governments-debt-ceiling/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Visualising Countries’ Deficits and Debts, Surpluses and Credits, in context of the US Government’s Debt Ceiling">Read more</a>

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Memories of war haunt ‘slippery slope’ to a militarised Pacific

May 22, 2023

By Barbara Dreaver in Port Moresby When I was growing up in Kiribati, then known as the Gilbert Islands, New Zealand divers came to safely detonate unexploded munitions from World War II. Decades on from when US Marines fought and won the Battle of Tarawa against Japan, war was still very much a part of ... <a title="Memories of war haunt ‘slippery slope’ to a militarised Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/22/memories-of-war-haunt-slippery-slope-to-a-militarised-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about Memories of war haunt ‘slippery slope’ to a militarised Pacific">Read more</a>

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Biden cuts out Australia and Papua New Guinea on Pacific visit

May 17, 2023

By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist US President Joe Biden will cut out his historic trip to Papua New Guinea — and also to Australia — to return to complete debt ceiling negotiations in the US, according to a White House statement. Biden was scheduled to make a brief, historic stopover in PNG, and meet ... <a title="Biden cuts out Australia and Papua New Guinea on Pacific visit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/17/biden-cuts-out-australia-and-papua-new-guinea-on-pacific-visit/" aria-label="Read more about Biden cuts out Australia and Papua New Guinea on Pacific visit">Read more</a>

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Anzac ceremony to recall those who died on torpedoed Japanese freighter

April 30, 2023

RNZ Pacific An Anzac memorial service was held above the site in the South China Sea where a Japanese freighter — which had been carrying more than a 1000 prisoners — was sunk by an American submarine in 1942. The Montevideo Maru, carrying soldiers and civilians captured when Japan invaded Rabaul in Papua New Guinea ... <a title="Anzac ceremony to recall those who died on torpedoed Japanese freighter" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/30/anzac-ceremony-to-recall-those-who-died-on-torpedoed-japanese-freighter/" aria-label="Read more about Anzac ceremony to recall those who died on torpedoed Japanese freighter">Read more</a>

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How Fukushima wastewater into Pacific will disrupt seafood trade

April 15, 2023

Public opinion will dictate how Japanese seafood is received after the wastewater is disposed of into the Pacific Ocean. The global seafood market faces turmoil with the release of the Fukushima nuclear wastewater from Japan into the Pacific Ocean, computer modelling predicts. Japan announced in 2021 it will release more than 1.25 million tonnes of ... <a title="How Fukushima wastewater into Pacific will disrupt seafood trade" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/15/how-fukushima-wastewater-into-pacific-will-disrupt-seafood-trade/" aria-label="Read more about How Fukushima wastewater into Pacific will disrupt seafood trade">Read more</a>

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‘Our future looks secure’, says Puna on Pacific Islands Forum unity

February 22, 2023

By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist Regional leaders will meet this week at the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Special Leaders Retreat in Fiji. “We have come through a period of some fracture,” incoming PIF Chair Mark Brown, who is prime minister of Cook islands, said. “Re-establishing those ties, re-establishing relationships, that’s going to be an ... <a title="‘Our future looks secure’, says Puna on Pacific Islands Forum unity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/22/our-future-looks-secure-says-puna-on-pacific-islands-forum-unity/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Our future looks secure’, says Puna on Pacific Islands Forum unity">Read more</a>

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Owen Wilkes, the intellect behind New Zealand’s anti-nuclear stance

January 17, 2023

A new book about one of New Zealand’s foremost peace activists offers insight into Owen Wilkes, the man described as the intellect behind New Zealand’s anti-nuclear stance. REVIEW: By Pat Baskett In the days before mobile phones and emails, there were telephone trees. They grew and spread messages like leaves, thriving on the fertile ground ... <a title="Owen Wilkes, the intellect behind New Zealand’s anti-nuclear stance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/17/owen-wilkes-the-intellect-behind-new-zealands-anti-nuclear-stance/" aria-label="Read more about Owen Wilkes, the intellect behind New Zealand’s anti-nuclear stance">Read more</a>

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Geoffrey Miller’s Political Roundup: What Japan’s foreign policy shifts mean for New Zealand

January 16, 2023

Political Roundup: What Japan’s foreign policy shifts mean for New Zealand By Geoffrey Miller Japan is a country on the move. Since World War II, Tokyo has largely been happy to outsource its security needs to Washington. But this is now changing to a more equal partnership. On Friday, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida called his country’s ... <a title="Geoffrey Miller’s Political Roundup: What Japan’s foreign policy shifts mean for New Zealand" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/16/geoffrey-millers-political-roundup-what-japans-foreign-policy-shifts-mean-for-new-zealand/" aria-label="Read more about Geoffrey Miller’s Political Roundup: What Japan’s foreign policy shifts mean for New Zealand">Read more</a>