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Fukushima, the hidden disaster – Politicians in Japan that spoke out!

21st February 2013

Arclight2011

One of the situations that developed after the earthquake and the resulting Meltdowns of three nuclear reactor cores and a mysterious explosion in the number four reactor building, was that the Japanese government and local officials did not appear to be open and transparent in their dealing of the crisis,

Some vocal outrage on the issues surrounding the people of Fukushima was heard, even though the local and national press (with few exceptions) were censored in not making any statements on any possible or happening effects caused by ionising radiation from the Daichi nuclear disaster and to generally support the Japanese government and corporate line.

However, here one of the members of parliament to challenge the way the disaster was being held was Kawada Ryuehi. He is a Member of the House of Councillors and amongst other accomplishments he is a representative of the Human Rights Activist Society.

On the 2^nd November 2012 he made an explosive challenge to the way the disaster was being managed. He brought some urgent questions to the floor of the house concerning the Child Victims Support Law. This issue was not covered by the main stream media outlets outside of Japan.

Here is the video with English subtitles and a full transcript of the Law in question below it on the link provided  :

http://www.save-children-from-radiation.org/2013/02/20/urgent-questions-in-upper-house-of-parliament-on-newly-passed-child-victim-support-law/

Some memorable quotes here

“People feel betrayed and are disappointed”

“ The east Japan reconstruction project, set up after raising taxes specifically to rescue nuclear accident victims, has been used for unrelated purposes as the media has disclosed…. because the government modified the Reconstruction Law insidiously so it could use the budget for things other than reconstruction.”

And concerning the governments mismanagement in keeping records of the placement of refugees throughout Japan, he had this to say:

“…keeping us yet from getting hold of the number of refugees. Twenty months have passed since the quake and the refugees can no longer wait. We can not go ahead with the Child Victim Support Law without knowing the number of affected people…..”

I or someone will be breaking down his speech further in another article/post but the video is worth a watch even if to hear the hecklers trying to shout him down.. They did not succeed!!

Akira Matsu is a Japanese politician of the New Komeito Party, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Kanagawa Prefecture.

In September 29 2011 made an impassioned speech on behalf of a pregnant mother with 4 four children who had discovered her children had all tested positive for cesium 137 and cesium 134 (no tests for Strontium 90 etc have been done to date).

The children were publicly rebuked by their teachers if they did not drink the contaminated milk. Please note the reaction (or non reaction) of the politicians during her talk. To compare the situation of these victim children who refused the contaminated milk, she made this quote:

“They were treated like traitors during the war”

And as she talked of the mother fears about being forced to consider leaving her home in the fukushima prefecture, Osamu Fujimura and Yukio Edano both ministers of the government are seen on the video to be laughing at her concerns of her constituents. Here is a short video for that

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February 21, 2013 Posted by arclight2011 | Uncategorized | 1 Comment