Melissa Baker-Lhermitte comments

Sorry to Generalize but I think that along with Democracy there should be Transparency in Govt in an Ideal World. But when underlying systems are embedded in a society, Democracy can be in conflict with old ways of thinking. I think the movie may touch on this subject..... Not such though but I think it may.

@ basroil,

It's Blatant neglect, there is not even a medical facility onsite at TEPCO's Daiichi NPP. Plain and simple no matter how you personally call it.

The bully's actions drove that young boy to jump off the roof of the apt. building. That was the young boy's answer to being treated as less than human by boys who are less than human. To me if you are not a civilized human being, you are an animal who walks on two legs. It is obvious those bully's were not taught/raised to be civilized and not taught to value life. Therefore saying they should not be punished, cause that is all an animal understands when it does something bad. Is saying to them that killing that young boy was okay. They might as well have pushed him off the roof themselves with what they did to him. Murder is murder and all murderers regardless of age should be treated accordingly. Jails and juvenile detentions were made for just such people. Those who act like animals are treated like animals.

Anybody and yes teachers are included can call the police if they witness abuse.

I already have.

the meaning of a good deed, is a selfless act of generosity that helps someone. Not what is owed but a selfless act is considered a good deed

smithinjapan

It's easy. Just ask TEPCO the same question, and after stalling for a few months, when some one month-long employee gets back to you, just realize that the truth is the opposite of what he's been ordered to tell you.

You said it all right there.

That article might also explain why there is still a long way to go. Explained by a professional expert or journalist better than by my amateurish comment.

The link says what most of us have been saying. It does give validation

Really informative, TEPCO's Golden Goose. I can only shake my head, too deep. I can't even imagine having to go through something like this first hand. I have a new appreciation for the disaster at the NPP and the workers who had to be not just alittle nervous in trying to stem off the nightmare happening around them and they DID NOT RUN and PM Kan went there into the thick of it.

Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency says the tests are designed to determine how well nuclear power facilities can withstand earthquakes and tsunami.

The tests involve simulated quakes and tsunami whose strength is gradually raised to check their effects on the plant and its functions.

The goal is to identify a facility's weakness so countermeasures can be taken to prevent another nuclear disaster.

Umm, I don't think the reactors that are 40 years old should go through this, they should be decommissioned and new tech brought in.

Those reviews, which started June 1, are supposed to consider the impact of both natural and man-made events such as airplane crashes and terrorist attacks.

Okay, I don't know if the results are going to be good but good luck with that.

@ taj

Utrack, why don't you go watch the video so that you know what you're on about.

Ryu Matsumoto's statement below, thepro has it posted

'Get the consensus. Otherwise we won't do anything. Just do it. You came in after me, but when you greet a guest, be in here first and call in the guest. Understand? The Self Defense Force would do it because they have the sense of seniority. Got it? Do better than this. [Speaking to the news reporters in the room] Oh my last remark is off the record, understand? Everyone. Understand? If any of you dare write it, that will be end of your company.'

What, Business Etiquette is Universal. Try keeping the owner of a Company waiting. Try it anywhere in the world and you will get wait the LDP got, if their in a good mood and still want to deal with you.

Ryu Matsumoto did what anybody else would have done. When dealing with the Liberal Democratic Party, they hold alot of power and he did not back down from their slights in business etiquette and told them what for.

LDP criticizes gov't bill for nuclear disaster compensation

Bring Back Ryu Matsumoto the LDP needs to be taken down another notch.

He told the governor of Iwate, one of the hardest-hit prefectures, that the government would not help municipalities that did not put forward good ideas about rebuilding.

It's to bad Ryu Matsumoto is leaving.

police as saying she mistakenly pressed the accelarator instead of the brakes

When first learning how to drive This type of thing might happen but wouldn't going the wrong way scare you enough to stop and correct yourself before you end up driving into a supermarket. All I can think of is she had alot on her mind and wasn't she wasn't all there in the moment or thinking properly.

Come hear ACCJ leaders present the results of their efforts in an interactive panel format and join in brainstorming about where we go from here. We will ensure lively discussion with commentary and reactions from Hiroshi Mikitani, chairman and CEO of Rakuten, Inc., and other special guests.

I hope this event causes action on the most desparate issues that are currently plague-ing the people living in Japan.

My Bad, the city is goinng to compensate the Date City evacuees.

The city of Date in Fukushima Prefecture sent 113 households written notices on Friday to recommend that they evacuate.

On Thursday, the central government designated the 113 households as areas with radioactive hotspots despite being outside the government-designated evacuation zone around the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.

The cumulative radiation is expected to reach the government standard of 20 millisieverts a year in areas that include the 113 households in 4 districts in the Ryozenmachi area. Date City is about 50 kilometers northwest of the plant.

The city is asking the 113 households if they plan to evacuate and to return their answers by July 8th.

The city says it will provide subsidies for rental accommodation, adding that about 40 municipal housing units are available.

Why were these people not properly compensated wherein they could rent an apartment or home. I read on NHK World English that 113 homes will be asked to evacuate Date City because it's a Hotspot of radiation and that they will be compensated so the can rent a home.

A relative of the deceased woman said: “She was always an upbeat and cheerful person. She was considerate and caring and she never stopped smiling.”

The evacuee shelter where the living conditions are inhumane ( cardboard cutaways), have turned a vibrant person towards death as a way to escape those conditions. She went HOME to her house and hurt herself, it is horrible that the evacuees living in the shelters are looking at death as a way out.

A 17-year-old youth allegedly slashed the throat of the 14-year-old boy sitting next to him

What happen to the days of a Good Fist Fight to solve anger issues among teens, I blame television.

Actress Rie Hasegawa should be promoting Prussian Blue tablets to be taken IF YOU are consuming Fruits and Vegetables from a region known to have cesium levels in their produce, seafood, meat, air, water and soil.

Unfortunately, the research and development executives at Sawai Pharmaceuticals and Towa Yakuhin respectively responded, “Sawai is just not interested in radiation period” and “MHLW has classified Prussian Blue as a ‘new drug’ so Towa can’t create a generic version for at least 8 years.”

This is past all reasoning, Japan needs Prussian Blue Right at this moment and they are playing the Money game with peoples lives.

What are they doing with all the Prussian Blue that's been ordered since October of last year and why is it not available. None of this makes since. Japan's Pharmaceutical Company's should be making it and distributing this medicine Right Now. This is an emergency.

What are they doing with all the Prussian Blue they have been collecting since last year. Cause 5 or 6 months from now is kind of late.

Todays front page Special Feature Fukushima's cesium spew - deadly catch-22s

This article talks about Prussian Blue.

There is a common proven purge for cesium 137 called Prussian Blue (PB), but Japan blocks access to it with a tangle of catch-22s.

They should all be tested and treated for internal radiation as well as depression.

Internal radiation exposure found in 15 people surveyed in Fukushima

Radiation experts said Sunday they had found internal radiation exposure in all of the 15 people they surveyed in May in areas 30-40 kilometers from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

The experts surveyed 15 people aged between 4 and 77 in Iitate and Kawamata in early and late May, and found radioactive cesium in both batches of their urine samples.

Todays front page Special Feature Fukushima's cesium spew - deadly catch-22s

They should be giving Prussian Blue tablets instead of dosimeters and keys to rental homes outside of the contamination zone which is probably 80km from ground zero.

I'm too upset to voice my opinion.

I think JGovt should just be honest and tell these people that are evacuees from the No Go Zone. That they may not be able to go home for many years. This may help them to move on and not be in Limbo.