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Disgrace for Kyushu Electric, as deceitful nuclear power promotion exposed

part of the e-mail instruction read: “Send opinions and questions …which could win sympathy from the prefecture residents.”     It also said, “Use personal computers from home.”…

Kyushu Electric president to resign over pro-nuke e-mails, Asahi.com 8 July 11, Toshio Manabe, president of Kyushu Electric Power Co., said July 7 that he intends to resign after the utility was found to have instructed employees to manipulate public opinion on nuclear power.

Manabe said he will take responsibility for instructing employees to send “pro-nuclear power” e-mails to organizers of a public hearing broadcast on television in late June.

The program was sponsored by the central government to solicit opinions from residents of Saga Prefecture on a proposal to restart two reactors at Kyushu Electric’s Genkai nuclear power plant in Saga Prefecture.

According to Kyushu Electric, a senior company official on June 22 sent e-mails to employees and employees of subsidiaries instructing them to send messages to the program with a “pro-restarting” point of view. The e-mails were sent under the company name.

The e-mailed instructions also stated that e-mails to the program should be sent from personal accounts, not the company’s, apparently to hide the fact that the senders were connected to Kyushu Electric……

The e-mail incident will likely further delay the restart of the reactors……

July 11, 2011 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Japan, secrets,lies and civil liberties