The Problem of Fuhyohigai, Economic Damage by Harmful Rumor, After the Accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Stations

Sekiya, Naoya

doi:10.11617/jrse.32.1_36

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“…"I avoided food items from Fukushima because I was concerned about radiation" was the most common response. This behavior fits the orthodox definition by researchers regarding the behavior of consumers [2]. Although we cannot ascertain whether this behavior was in the past or reflective of participants' current attitude when they answered the questions, the proportion of those who adopted this behavior decreased.…”

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confidence: 60%

“…For example, although a report on the "Sea of Japan Heavy Oil Spill Accident" from 1997 was not completely false, sensationalized language increased anxiety among readers, thereby causing DCBHR. This resembles the concept of "social amplification of risk" presented by Kasperson et al [2,3,5,9].…”

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confidence: 54%

“…They may also have been concerned about the harmful rumors that were having a direct negative impact on the sales and prices of their product. As such, their OR was significantly higher [2].…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 87%

“…Nevertheless, no food items on the market exceeded the reference values. As such, the effects of DCBHR were observed; in other words, not even safe products could be sold [2]. It is also possible that those who had been affected by DCBHR learned of the food standards afterward.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Residents suffered both extensive physical and psychological damage after the accident. Furthermore, a significant social problem that occurred after the accident and continued for a long time was the damage caused by harmful rumors (DCBHR), called "fuhyohigai" in Japanese [1,2]. Fuhyohigai has a distinct meaning [1,3]; it is sometimes translated as "harmful rumor" or "reputational damage" in English; it combines "fuhyo", which means "harmful rumor" and "higai", which means "damage".…”

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confidence: 99%

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Relationship between the Effects of Perceived Damage Caused by Harmful Rumors about Fukushima after the Nuclear Accident and Information Sources and Media

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The nuclear accident that accompanied the Great East Japan Earthquake of 11 March, 2011, was also an information disaster. A serious problem that arose after the accident and persisted for a long time was the damage caused by harmful rumors (DCBHR). In 2016, a cross-sectional questionnaire survey on health and information was conducted in Fukushima. The eligible population of this survey was 2000 Fukushima residents, which included those in the evacuated areas. We received 861 responses. Data were analyzed using the responses to the question about perceived DCBHR as the objective variable and the sources of information residents trusted and the media they used as explanatory variables. A multiple logistic regression analysis revealed that those who trusted government ministries and local commercial TV were significantly associated with no effect. In contrast, those who used Internet sites and blogs were significantly associated with a negative effect. This study underlines the pivotal importance of media and information, literacy, and education and discusses how these should be improved to avoid DCBHR in the future. Furthermore, accurate information should be made available to all sections of the population to diminish DCBHR.

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Higher psychological distress experienced by evacuees relocating outside Fukushima after the nuclear accident: The Fukushima Health Management Survey

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Takebayashi

Murakami

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Public Attitudes towards Local Agreement over the Restart of Nuclear Power Plants: A Questionnaire Survey on the Case of Hamaoka

智行¹,

高師²

2021

Transactions of the Atomic Energy Society of Japan

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Not just whether nuclear power stations should be restarted, but how local agreement over the restart should be achieved has been controversial issues in Japan since the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster. In this paper, public attitudes towards local agreement in the case of Hamaoka Nuclear Power Plants are explored with a postal questionnaire survey in Shizuoka prefecture. Through descriptive statistics and factor analysis, the study shows that extending the "local" scale and judgement by ordinary citizens is given more support than the conventional local agreement process. Factor analysis reveals three factors behind respondents' attitudes towards local agreement: "conventional decisionmakers", "narrow localism" and "national interests". The analysis of the factor scores reveals that attitudes towards local agreement differ depending on attitudes towards the restart of the plant and the prefectural referendum, as well as generation, while no significant difference is found among genders and residential areas excluding the second factor. By clarifying the public attitudes towards how local agreement should be made, this study makes a significant step toward the design of a socially more agreeable local agreement.

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The Problem of Fuhyohigai, Economic Damage by Harmful Rumor, After the Accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Stations

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Relationship between the Effects of Perceived Damage Caused by Harmful Rumors about Fukushima after the Nuclear Accident and Information Sources and Media

Relationship between the Effects of Perceived Damage Caused by Harmful Rumors about Fukushima after the Nuclear Accident and Information Sources and Media

Higher psychological distress experienced by evacuees relocating outside Fukushima after the nuclear accident: The Fukushima Health Management Survey

Public Attitudes towards Local Agreement over the Restart of Nuclear Power Plants: A Questionnaire Survey on the Case of Hamaoka

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