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Hideomi Kuze comments

Posted in: Japan to keep nuclear, boost renewables in its energy mix, new industry minister says See in context

During past decades, Japan's LDP government and major electric power corporations complex had explained "nuclear power is reasonable, cheapest and safe electric power".

But, after Fukushima nuclear disaster, renewable energy decrease power generating cost by new technology or international popularizing, on the other hand, safety measures in Japan where massive quake and tsunami frequently occur more pushes up cost of nuclear plants. Also many falsehoods or deceptions about nuclear plants had been revealed. Policy that continue nuclear power generating at seacoast near neighboring countries despite emphasizing military threat of neighboring countries is also contradictory.

And, they plot even plans to more add ballooning-cost about nuclear industries "stealthly" to electric bill.

Nuclear power for such them is, not one of ways of electric power, already purpose itself, They look intend to be cling to it no matter how ballooning cost or risk or irrational.

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Posted in: Kishida, cabinet resign before Ishiba takes office See in context

The root of man-made disaster that victimized most number of general citizen in recent years is unworthy of applause or bouquet.

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Posted in: Kishida's legacy: Scandals and compromise at home, global respect for security and diplomacy See in context

3 years before, his government began from LDP leader election looks most ruthless regime in postwar Japan history.

Most of his public promises were not achieved, For example, the plan as if fundamentally rebuild Covid19-measures and drastically prevent risk was not executed at all. What his regime did is mere falsehood or deception that only spread fictional atmosphere as if Covid19 was ended. December 2022, PM Kishida ignored even serious situation that repeated pandemic causes overload to medical system and exhausted rescue teams causes road accident, he had enjoyed year end party with family.

Rather, domestic Covid19 deaths had been rapidly increased after the beginning of Kishida regime, many social vulnerable including my family had been victimized by incompetence and negligence of Kishida government.

His indifference to the lives of general citizen is not exception about natural disaster, their responses are always slow and insufficient.

in case of Noto peninsula quake, negligence of Kishida government clearly delayed reconstruction, disaster-related deaths after quake are more than deaths of disaster itself.

And, situation where innumerable rubbles and landslides are still untouched more expanded damages by heavy rain and flood last week. 

Double man-made disaster by Kishida government had more victimized quake-survivors, survivors who gave up reconstruction are not little.

But, even such terrible misrule or victim will be easily forgot by topics of new government at this society regrettably, even many lessons won't be learned sadly.

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Posted in: 'Virus hunters' track threats to head off next pandemic See in context

Unfortunately, collusion between government and corporations like recent Japan always try to trivialize or ignore next pandemic risk to prioritize their immediate profit than health and the lives of many citizen, They disrespect important warning from science or medical workers, and victimize people who could have been saved.

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Posted in: Japan can raise renewable energy share to 80% by 2035: study See in context

since immediate after Fukushima nuclear disaster, potentiality that can expand renewable energy drastically in Japan was pointed and expected.

But, LDP regime depends on donation from large corporations, prioritizes corporations' profit or superannuated nuclear plants than any other things such as safe of citizen, they even plot plan to more add ballooning-cost about nuclear industries to electric bill stealthly.

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Posted in: Plan to reuse decontaminated soil in Fukushima safe: IAEA See in context

after "nuclear plants safety myth" ruined, this time "radioactivity safety myth".

Long term damage to health is always difficult to be proved, But government or corporations escape from responsibility is not difficult. Besides, compensation is from taxpayers money in many cases, not from perpetrators.

Also, IAEA seems to repeat to underrate radioactive damage from when Chernobyr disaster.

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Posted in: Japanese gov't to use ¥989 bil in reserves to curb energy bills See in context

This policy is also deception. No matter how huge subsidies Japanese energy companies received, they never reduce its equal amount from electric or gas bill.

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Posted in: LDP pushes for revising Constitution to include mention of SDF See in context

Such behaviours of LDP are already violating article 99 of Japanese constitution clearly.

But, Japan has no constitutional court, Japanese major media don't even mention about constitutional violation of ruling party and PM.

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Posted in: Africa's mpox outbreaks result from neglect and world's inability to stop epidemics, experts say See in context

Many politicians who are tamed by donation from economy circles have tendency to prioritize corporations' profit than health and the lives of citizen, especially recent years Japan under LDP regime.

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Posted in: Japanese gov't appeals for calm as panic rice buying continues See in context

Fundamental cause of rice shortage in Japan is misstep of LDP regime about food during decades. 

But, Japanese major media never mention it, report only superficial events among citizen.

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Posted in: Kishida urges China to lift ban 1 year after Fukushima water release See in context

Japan's LDP regime and domestic electric power major who donatinga vast contribution to LDP have always underrated risk about especially nuclear plants historically. They who just repeat to dump into ocean as mere cheapest way should be stop also deception that they named nuclear contaminated water "treated water" to pretend as if it contain no radioactivity besides tritium.

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Posted in: Megaquake advisory, Noto quake raise disaster awareness in Japan See in context

Weather agency or media cautioned about risk of only megaquake toward the society. But risk of nuclear disaster that megaquake probably cause is never mentioned socially.

Also, present situation of Noto peninsula where still have many rubbles and where even water outage is unsolved despite after over 7 months since new year's day quake hit tolds despair that LDP regime will desert many suffering area or evacuees when megaquake occur.

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Posted in: Battle to replace Kishida as PM kicks off See in context

Politics sector of Japanese major media joyfully features next PM candidates, but they are parts of LDP politics that ruined democracy and victimized even the lives of citizen.

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Posted in: Japan marks 79th anniversary of end of World War II See in context

But, present Japanese society facing domestic Covid19 infection 11th wave, unfortunately.

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Posted in: What you need to know about Japan picking its next prime minister See in context

3 years before, Japanese major media who already forgot journalism neglect even verification about until then LDP regime, had spent many hours to propagandize new LDP leader candidates everyday.

They will repeat same failures, will not even mention about misrule by LDP Kishida regime last 3 years that victimized the lives of at least tens thousands people mainly social vulnerable.

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Posted in: What is Japan's 'megaquake' warning? See in context

"megaquake" risk has been emphasized from authorities or experts or major media toward Japanese public until now repeatedly. but quake-related nuclear disaster risk is not even mentioned at all socially despite unknown innumerable active faults or many old nuclear plants facing seacoast or unrealistic evacuation plans.

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Posted in: Kishida urges party debate on amending pacifist Constitution See in context

Present Japan's shameless PM and ruling party prioritize to worsen Constitution in the shade of Olympics that major media distract public eyes from political issues than defending citizen from crisis of health and the lives such as poverty, repeating infection-disease wave, natural disaster or disaster-related death.

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Posted in: Hiroshima marks 79th anniversary of atomic bombing See in context

After entry into force of nuclear weapon ban treaty, recent years Japanese LDP regime repeat to excuse that "Japan become bridging role between nuclear arms countries and no nuclear weapon countries", But they had strongly opposed even Obama's insistence "No first use of nuclear weapons".

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Posted in: Japan nuclear watchdog panel decides against restarting Tsuruga reactor See in context

But, Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority is already pro-corporation, not safety first, it's unclear that they order decommissioning or not.

in the first place, Japan where has innumerable unknown active faults is unsuitable to nuclear plants.

Nationwide thorough investigation about active faults in Japan hasn't been done yet. It's no wonder even if restarted 12 nuclear plants are located on active faults.

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Posted in: Japan's weekly COVID-19 cases rise for 10th straight week See in context

Since Japan's government downgraded Covid19 last May to increase military budget and to benefit corporations, announcement about daily cases and deaths are discontinued, Japanese major media had drastically reduced to report about Covid19 and often used even expressions as if Covid19 was vanished, those mislead society, and deprived caution of people against infection disease. 

Such present situation has victimized social vulnerable especially, but major media still avoid to even mention about increasing Covid19 death.

Japan's government who disrespect the lives of general citizen neglects to build system that coexist public health and society, cannot yet restrict repeated Covid19 surge at every summer and winter, has caused to lack medical resources, and increased victim after all. Government's downgrading Covid19 last May is clearly misrule.

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Posted in: Japan completes 7th round of Fukushima treated water discharge See in context

the name of "treated water" is mere deception of Tepco-LDP government side who want to pretend as if contaminated water from Fukushima is same to drainage of other nuclear plants.

Actually, it's containing many kinds of radioactivity such as strontium90, ruthenium106, technetium99, cesium137, plutonium239 or cadmium113 besides tritium even after filtering.

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Posted in: Former PM Suga says calls for Kishida to quit growing louder in LDP See in context

2020〜2021, the then PM Suga was also very problematic such as violating independency of Japan's science council.

LDP only ruins the country socially, politically, economically, medically, scientifically.

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Posted in: In Japan, energy security fears put nuclear power back in favor See in context

About 5 months before, Noto peninsula quake brought massive damages to many facilities of Shika nuclear plants.

2023 November, chairman of Japan's economy group had demanded to restart Shika nuclear plants.

If it had been restarted, 2nd nuclear disaster in Japan might have been caused, it revealed dangerousness of Japan again where depending on nuclear plants despite strong disaster often occur.

Who want to expand nuclear power in Japan are major power corporations or economy circle who think nothing besides immediate profit, local beneficiaries who tamed with subsidy, ruling party LDP who are tamed with contribution from corporations, and Japanese far-rightists who support LDP.

But, Japan's nuclear regulation agency already lost independency as same as before Fukushim disaster, domestic all nuclear plants' seismic resistance are far less than general quake-proof designed houses and those are superannuated.

Besides, practicable evacuate plans that considering even direction of wind don't exist at all in Japan, because it's impossible.

Moreover, now nuclear plant became a kinds of military target since Russian invaded Ukraine, Japan's most nuclear plants are located on seacoast where near China or North Korea, it's other security risk.

If only one nuclear plant at western Japan will be destroyed, it will bring uncountable damages to innumerable people extensively by radioactive contamination with wind of direction such as westerlies.

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Posted in: Kishida forced to to make concessions on political funds reform See in context

This fundraising scandals have shown present Japan's corrupted plutocracy that distort democracy and victimize even health or the lives of citizen to benefit stakeholders or corporations.

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Posted in: 2 central Japan nuclear reactors get 20-year service extension See in context

Present Japanese LDP government prioritizes immediate profit of large corporations than health and the lives of citizen, about everything.

Totalitarianism LDP-nuclear industries complex have learned nothing from Fukushima disaster, still continue to depend on superannuated nuclear plants despite already passed designed durable life.

And, those old nuclear plants' seismic resistance are less than general quake-proof designed residence.

Besides, local evacuation plans are all superficial to restart nuclear plants, and those are impracticable.

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Posted in: U.N. rights group says Japan needs to do more to counter human rights abuses See in context

Japan's totalitarian ruling party LDP politicians have hostility to thought that values human rights, independent human rights organization don't yet exist in Japan.

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Posted in: Japan protests after China, Russia call released Fukushima water 'contaminated' See in context

I have no intention to support dictatorship regimes but "liquid" that Tepco is dumping from Fukushima to the ocean is still radioactive contaminated.

At first, Japanese official or Tepco named it such as "tritium water" and had even tried to impress as if it's completely same to other nuclear plants' drainage.

But that liquid has directly cooled melted nuclear fuel debris and includes many Kinds of radioactive materials besides tritium even after "ALPS" filtering.

Japan's pro-nuclear media or Japanese far-rights are proudly comparing amount of only dumped tritium of Japan and China to justify dumping radioactivity from Fukushima, but it's mere shifting issues.

https://foejapan.org/en/issue/20230820/13971/

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Posted in: Court rejects lawsuit to block restart of west Japan nuclear reactor See in context

This judge avoided even judgement that evacuation plans are practicable or not.

Practicability of evacuation plan is not yet even condition of nuclear plants restarting in Japan unlike other countries, it's negligence to lesson of Fukushima nuclear disaster, and it's disregarding the human lives. 

in this connection, Japanese judges who are obedient government's policy can promote, but judges who are not obedient to government are demoted by personnel.

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Posted in: Teleworking in Japan falls after COVID; hybrid working on rise See in context

I don't know about other countries but Covid-19 at Japanese society is not weaned at all. It's just social atmosphere as if "Covid-19 waned" "after Covid" spreading. optimistic atmosphere reduces teleworkers and spread virus.

such Covid-19 deaths by nosocomial infection at care facility in Japan is just tips of iceberg.

https://mainichi.jp/articles/20240424/ddl/k10/040/077000c

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Posted in: 77% of Japan's COVID-19 oral drugs set to be destroyed: estimate See in context

Those are not just unnecessary surplus. Shortage of Covid 19 drugs were repeated at medical fields whenever Covid 19 cases surge in Japan, and treatments were late.

If Japanese government wasn't reluctant to supply Covid-drugs, tens thousands patients could be avoided deaths.

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