https://japanfocus.org/events/view/84May. 01, 2011: David McNeill in Fukushima City Like most Japanese parents, two months ago Sasaki Takayuki barely knew what radiation was. Today, he thinks about little else. “I’ve sent my kids to my wife’s family in Tokyo,” says the baker and father of two. “I told her to stay there till it’s safe but who knows when that will be? … [Read more...] about Japan’s government faces looming crisis over ‘whack-a-mole’ nuclear policies
20 Millisieverts for Children and Kosako Toshiso’s Resignation
20 Millisieverts for Children and Kosako Toshiso’s ResignationJAPAN FOCUS https://japanfocus.org/events/view/83 Tokyo University Professor Kosako Toshiso, a specialist on radiation safety, has resigned his position as Special Advisor to the Cabinet. In the past, Kosako has supported Japanese government views on radiation in a variety of contexts. For example, … [Read more...] about 20 Millisieverts for Children and Kosako Toshiso’s Resignation
Killers are us-Why we are not celebrating the murder of a terrorist
The consequences for those of us who kill and deceive ourselves that by so doing we are doing justice is more profound... The late Howard Zinn has in his posthumously published book The Bomb talked about how we take a crime- the gas chamber...s, the attack on Pearl Harbor, Nanking, and use that as a rationale to defend terror bombing of Dresden, of Hiroshima. How we conflate … [Read more...] about Killers are us-Why we are not celebrating the murder of a terrorist
Japanese lawyers available to help fight censorship of Fukushima story on Internet
Does anyone have concrete evidence of censorship by TELESA (body regulating Internet providers)? A report in Japan Focus by a reporter for Shinegetsu news agency and Japan Focuis has documented a government bill that allows it to ask internet providers to censor material relating to the nuclear crisis if it sparks rumors,etc. So far there has been a report that one person … [Read more...] about Japanese lawyers available to help fight censorship of Fukushima story on Internet
Japanese parents strike out in anger at Education and Health Ministries’ death sentence for their children
https://www.presstv.ir/detail/177926.htmlJapanese govt. under fire for schoolyard radiationMon May 2, 2011 7:27PMMichael Penn, Press TV, Tokyo WATCH: Download |Also available hereWhat is making them angry is a new government edict saying that schoolyards in Fukushima Prefecture should operate normally unless exposed to radiation levels that exceed 20 millisieverts annually. … [Read more...] about Japanese parents strike out in anger at Education and Health Ministries’ death sentence for their children