A tour guide at the recently opened memorial museum to the 2011 triple meltdown at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture. Tour guides have expressed frustration at instructions not to criticize the central government or Tokyo Electric Power Co when speaking to visitors to the museum.
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I suffered psychological anguish from TEPCO and I'm also angry with the central government. To me, that is the truth. The facility has asked us to speak the truth so it is not in a position to say ‘Don’t say such things.’ I will quit as a guide if expressing my feelings is considered being critical.
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Speed
Slowly the govt. began modifying people's perceptions of what actually happened on that fateful day on Mar. 11, 2011....
Aly Rustom
Whatever happened to freedom of expression? Or does that just apply to supporters of the gov and their right wing demonstrators? The idea that this country is a democracy with human rights is a JOKE.
Mickelicious
Historical revisionism? File under Con-ti-nu-i-ty.
coskuri
And on the citizens' dime. That's not as if Tepco had paid all the bills incurred by their incompetence. If people want to visit, it's not to get brainwashed but to see what happened to their taxes.
Sven Asai
There is not such a thing like responsibility of any company , good or bad, for earthquakes and tsunamis outcomes. If I were Tepco and under such stupid fire and accusations I would immediately close down everything. Then you can sit in the dark , go for some wood into the forests with an axe and eat your cheap meals shivering in winter time and in dark rooms or with some candlelight until all your brains have returned back to normal. They could and should have better calculated or estimated and built the wall around the power station some meters higher, that’s right and that’s all. Like other incidents or nature catastrophies the help and the costs go on the taxpayer, not a single business entity.
TrevorPeace
Cut the vitriol, people. Yes, the government deserves it. But as a witness to the damage, as it happened, I believe it is good to appreciate diverse opinions about the response of all involved. Let her/him speak what they perceive as the truth. Their truths are far more accurate than the government's. But let's stop dissing people, and make a difference.