TEPCO apologizes for getting Abe's name wrong during his visit to Fukushima

Can't even get his name right... wow these guys shouldn't even be trusted with the beer money....

TEPCO has no sense of responsibility, no confidence, no pride, no shame but they sure got plenty of stupidity don't you think?

When you think tepco can not go any lower...

Abe-sori: That's not my name on the suit. Give me another one. I'm not going to embarrass myself during the tour. TEPCO geezer: Sorry, Abe-sori, that's the last suit we have. Our budget is very low momentary. Would you like to visit our plant without? After all, everything is under control.

Why does he need such a thing anyway? There's too much focus on bells & whistles and surface image.

Maybe newly anointed nuclear expert Mr. Abe can now tell the people in Japan, and around the world, what the heck is going on and how to fix it (yeah, right). Otherwise this was just a publicity stunt.

The explanation for facepalm in the dictionary is "TEPCO"

Nothing fazes the Supreme Advocaat!

Abe needs to retract his statement to the IOC. "TEPCO cannot spell my name right, but let me assure you everything is under control at Fukushima"

A "faux pas" certainly but there's bigger fish to fry, or to be precise bigger fish to be decontaminated.

A quick Google search would have been enough to double check. But I guess that's a bit too much to ask of an organisation that oversees nuclear power plants.

Are there no limits to their incompetency?

Ah, just more proof that TEPCO and SNAFU have become synonymous!

Classic! Yet more proof that this company can't be bothered to check up on what's going on. This is an amazingly poignant example proving that they just don't care.

Apologies are necessary and whatever, but I think TEPCO have far bigger things to worry about (and apologize for).

And so does Abe for that matter.

So what? I've personally experienced native Japanese speakers getting the names of up to four people in a row completely wrong because to the problems of reading kanji

did those people include the current prime minister of Japan?

TEPCO doesn't care what Abe' s name is as long as the Central Government picks up the tab for their screw-up.

Tepco can't do anything correct!

問題が倍になるのか。 Par for the course.

Abe was given a specially-printed suit

How does one print a suit?

Ah!

That's the real reason Fukushima is going to be scrapped!

Failco strikes again.

They make themselves look dumber and dumber each day.

Totally FUBAR. Can you believe this? A clattering collection of idiotic idiocy. ALL under control? Dishonest Abe, why, because he hasn't glued the techtonic plates together so HOW is it, 'all under control'?

These guys are too nervous/stressed to do anything right.

Well at least it made me laugh !

I wonder how many other typing mistakes they have made. In fact, I wonder if they make typing mistakes with numbers, too.

"I don't think this is an issue. Kanji is not like spelling. It is much more complex and difficult to master. Japanese is the most difficult language on the planet, and there are bound to be occasional mistakes."

Funny, it took me all of 10 seconds to find his name in Kanji on multiple websites online.

Did they call him Funzo?

Turn about is fair play. They (Japan) gets English wrong all too often and there are never any apologies or changes.

A wee gaffe for sure, but It shows just how little significance they and we should place on this photo opportunity visit, intended to somehow impress the world he gives a damn about Fukushima.

"Abe's mishandling of the last two years"

Abe has been prime minister for just a little over eight months.

Abe didn't know what was going on either and was just following a choreographed pantomime.

They all of the same ilk. Dip sheets, all.

didnt he just say that all contained.... why does he need a suit ?

Can't believe they didn't know the name of what they bought!

Red-faced officials issued an embarrassed apology to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe

At least they made efforts to match the color of the PM's helmet.

Who picked up the mistake?

Hey, kanji wa muzukashii...

Just a meaningless error to focus the clueless on something other than Abe's mishandling of the last two years. You could print psyco douchebag on hi suit an I would applaud.

Three of the four characters used to write his name were correct. However, the character for “be” was not the right one.

Let it be ! Doubt if people have any good expectations from Tepco or Abe.

Wow - this is the stuff from which the saying 'you can't make this up!' comes from. Comedy writers couldn't do better!

I have a Spelling Bee quiz for you. Do you know how to spell a word of verb "fail"?

The correct answer for the "fail" is "_____", yes, it is spelled "T.E.P.C.O". Ding, dang!! Great answer!!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!....awkward.

And still the TEPCO senior management acts as though they have everything under control. What a crock.

ofcourse it's just a public stunt! at this point in game his visit does'nt affect the plan much. it's just to show Mr. Abe is hard at work. "mina-san~ sori wa chanto gambatte masu-yo~

This is ridiculous at this point; TEPCO management needs to arrested for environmental crimes, and the UN needs to seal up and clean Fukushima. No more leaks, shut everything down as soon as possible ...

TEPCO - a well-oiled machine. I plan on getting pretty well-oiled tonight but I never do it while working.

I think we should rename them Typoco.

nessie, its commonly understandable that printed suit means 'some thing printed on it' and now aren't u aware of scientists have developed the technology to "3D print " any type of 'object ' via computer /internet to a remote location without actually transferring any "material ". so next time it may be like " Mr. Abe uses a printed pen everytime."

Now we know why TEPCO didn't have SOP in place nor adjusted them to incorporate recommendation resulting from the US 3 Mile Island incident. TEPCO executives can't read or write.

Now, no one believe any numbers by TEPCO. Which kanji it goofed? A, BE, Shin, Zo? Guessed Japanese PM;s name>?

It doesn't matter. Shinzo Abe has been called so many other names worse than the mistake that it doesn't hurt..

wonderful PR disaster, makes the visit laughable

I don't think this is an issue. Kanji is not like spelling. It is much more complex and difficult to master. Japanese is the most difficult language on the planet, and there are bound to be occasional mistakes.

So what? I've personally experienced native Japanese speakers getting the names of up to four people in a row completely wrong because to the problems of reading kanji, and regularly come across people with names which sound exactly the same, but are written completely different.