Thoughts and actions of social movements concerning the nuclear in Japan

This paper attempts to clarify the imagery and reality of social movements concerning the nuclear after the Second World War in Japan. Firstly, the author tries to show (1) History, (2) Characteristics, (3) Meaning to the Japanese society, of social movements concerning the nuclear by using content analysis of influential journals such as the Sekai, Chuo Koron and Bungei Shunju. Secondly, the paper also clarifies (1) Context, (2) Process, (3) Agency, (4) Organization, (5) Enemy, (6) political Structure, (7) Framing, and (8) Impact of each social movement, by using content analysis of the Journals. Finally, the paper tries to compare imagery of social movements concerning the nuclear from Sekai (the journal for critical intellectuals), with imagery of social movements concerning the nuclear from Chuo Koron (the journal for centralists) and imagery of social movements from Bungei Shunju （the journal for reading mass）.

 One of the most important hypotheses of the article is that no or few discussion on the relationship between nuclear weapon and nuclear energy within movements.