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I thought the reading must be a mistake when I first heard.

Wool over the eyes as usual.

Any responsible government would of course not have released this rice.

Three workers dead at a crumbled nuclear power plant and they are not related to radiation. I wonder what odds the bookmakers would give on that!

Japan and Greece, two countries that have been crippled financially on purpose. They are both doomed....

So there is still stuff floating about.

Massive amounts of stuff floating around now! Every farmer at present is setting a blaze fires to burn hay, fallen leaves and weeds etc.! Keep your windows closed firmly during fall!

The company executives of TEPCO shouldn't even be on a salary anymore. They should be behind bars, in solitary confinement, and on one meal a day...

we can provide confidence and credibility,

But can you provide the truth and the honesty along with it?

How many of them are alive?

Please take note of the tsunami warnings that were written in stone many moons ago in many coastal areas of Japan and you'll not see images like the above again.

The country still has some of the highest standards for food safety.

@zichi please enlighten us about these high standards for food safety because they have certainly been thrown out the window during this disaster if there were any.

“shi no machi” or a “town of death.”

Makes no odds what language you say it in it's the truth. It's a disgrace this guy has jogged on for this.

@smithinjapan Don't straw man me like that. I said nothing of Japan in WW2 or of any disputed islands. I was pointing out a virtue that is morally correct.

The row over the Kurils, which Soviet troops seized in the closing days of World War II in 1945, has prevented the two countries from signing of a post-World War II peace treaty.

Take what someone gives you, but leave what is not yours.

Straight jacket for this fella ASAP...

Why on earth would anybody unattached to Japan want to visit this place now? It would be like playing Russian roulette with a fully loaded gun...

clean energy exports

They want to focus on clean energy IMPORTS!

If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything.

RIP young fella. Down with the bullies! Have them expelled immediately...

56,000 yen per household

For nearly 6 months. Surely this is a typo? If not, it's an insult....

Why do so many Japanese women take photos of their food at restaurants and post it on Facebook or their blogs?

Because they are obsesses by food. They live to eat as opposed to eat to live, and their mentally is that of a spoiled child. If you have a GF like this get her to change her ways immediately, if she doesn't then dump her quick sharp...

“No parent should have to choose between radiation exposure and education for their child,”

Without question, they have to choose in Fukushima, and they really ought to make the decision as quick as possible..

All this after an article which says the rice is safe!

If you believe everything you read, don't read.

Why can't you just accept some hopeful good news for the people of Fukushima?

Accepting rice grown in a prefecture that has had a tonne of radiation fall on it is like accepting fraud. Nothing hopeful in that at all.

Wow! This guy should be the new PM of Japan. Perhaps we can get some safety standards in order with him in charge. Well done for taking safety seriously...

This really shows up Japan's complete lack of safety standards in its entirety. It's simply disgraceful they are continuing to ship any items out of Fukushima. It's criminality of the highest order...

All this next muppet has been brought in for is to raise the consumption tax. Once he's done the dirty deed he'll leg it, too. It's all too transparent, surely any tom, dick or harry can see that this that!?

Can't believe these ppl are so oblivious...

“I feel like I’m watching events in another country,”

Wake up and stop burying your head in the sand!

“I don’t care about who will be the next prime minister. Whoever it will be, please bring an end to the nuclear crisis and let us go home as soon as possible. That’s everybody’s view around here.”

Must be daft to want to go back "home". It's contaminated real bad!

Best to pick the least corrupt out of the five and don't hope for too much!

It was their first visit back to their homes

These "homes" are no longer homes in any sense of the word. They are contaminated from top to bottom and should never be occupied again under any circumstance.

Get back to reality and focus on what is important in life rather then being distracted by AKB48 or any other nonsense like it. They are totally pathetic in all regards...

Messing around with the numbers to suit. It's a pure disgrace. Who ever is behind this scam really ought to be put behind bars.