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Re:Japan to invest on nuclear energy in major policy shift by analyte123 on Thursday December 22, 2022 @11:01AM (#34094726)
The global policy impact of Fukushima would have been so much less if it just didn’t have “-shima” in the name.
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Re:Japan to invest on nuclear energy in major policy shift by glhaynes on Thursday December 22, 2022 @11:28AM (#34095104)
That’s an interesting point, and I’m not disputing it, but I don’t recall ever having noticed that similarity.
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Re:Japan to invest on nuclear energy in major policy shift by kortex on Thursday December 22, 2022 @01:16PM (#34096507)
"-shima" is just 島 'island'. See also Ōshima, Mishima, Fujishima, Furushima, Hiroshima, and even Iwo Jima (硫黄島, "Shima" is sometimes pronounced "Jima" in Japanese for some reason).

Note that Fukushima isn't a "true" island, though some think it might come from a block of land isolated by rivers.

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Re:Japan to invest on nuclear energy in major policy shift by dghlsakjg on Thursday December 22, 2022 @07:59PM (#34101084)
I never once noticed that until now, huh.
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