The true identity of the foreign consulting firm that has ingratiated itself with Prime Minister
Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2025 10:53 am
The disaster area, Kasumigaseki, and the whole of Japan are being thrown into disarray by Prime Minister Naoto Kan's grandstanding. As Prime Minister, Kan seems to think that he can get away with unreasonable demands. However, if you push through unreasonable demands, there will always be distortions somewhere. Unless we carefully plan things, we will not be able to steadily rebuild Tohoku.
Take the construction of temporary housing. Without any coordination with the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, the deadline from construction to occupancy completion was arbitrarily and top-down decided to be mid-August. Why was the Ministry hesitant to announce the deadline? It was because they had no prospect of procuring materials, in addition to securing land for 72,000 temporary housing units. Materials, especially wood, are in short supply, and they are to be imported from Canada, but will this actually work out? Another concern is that problems will arise if the speed of construction of temporary housing is given too much priority. Only major construction companies can achieve short construction periods. Isn't there any idea of using the construction of temporary housing to channel money into the reconstruction of Tohoku?
Furthermore, the spontaneous solo acts continue: "Request to shut down Hamaoka Nuclear Power Plant."
<strong>The wrong voice</strong>●The joint press conference by the remove background image Prime Minister's Office, TEPCO, and the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency, which brought Goshi Hosono into the spotlight. The aim of the unification was to "disseminate accurate and transparent information," but no results have been achieved yet, and time is just passing by in vain. (Photo by PANA)
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The joint press conference of the Prime Minister's Office, TEPCO, and the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency, which brought Goshi Hosono into the spotlight. The aim of the unification was to "disseminate accurate and transparent information," but no results have been achieved yet, and time is just passing by in vain. (Photo by PANA)
Even if a nuclear power plant is shut down, it takes 2 to 3 years for the temperature of the nuclear fuel to drop completely. Even if the plant is decommissioned, it will take at least 20 years for it to stabilize. Some radioactive materials have half-lives of tens of thousands of years, so the danger will not decrease even if the operation of the plant is stopped because there is a high probability of an earthquake.
In fact, Fukushima Daiichi's Unit 4 was also shut down for inspection, but a hydrogen explosion blew the reactor building apart, releasing radioactive materials into the environment. Shutting down the Hamaoka nuclear plant would be meaningless if measures against earthquakes and tsunamis were not taken. If an accident on the same scale as Fukushima were to occur at Hamaoka, over one million residents would need to be evacuated, but Prime Minister Suga did not say a word about the safety of the residents in his press conference. He called for the nuclear plant to be shut down without any safety measures being taken.
Take the construction of temporary housing. Without any coordination with the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, the deadline from construction to occupancy completion was arbitrarily and top-down decided to be mid-August. Why was the Ministry hesitant to announce the deadline? It was because they had no prospect of procuring materials, in addition to securing land for 72,000 temporary housing units. Materials, especially wood, are in short supply, and they are to be imported from Canada, but will this actually work out? Another concern is that problems will arise if the speed of construction of temporary housing is given too much priority. Only major construction companies can achieve short construction periods. Isn't there any idea of using the construction of temporary housing to channel money into the reconstruction of Tohoku?
Furthermore, the spontaneous solo acts continue: "Request to shut down Hamaoka Nuclear Power Plant."
<strong>The wrong voice</strong>●The joint press conference by the remove background image Prime Minister's Office, TEPCO, and the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency, which brought Goshi Hosono into the spotlight. The aim of the unification was to "disseminate accurate and transparent information," but no results have been achieved yet, and time is just passing by in vain. (Photo by PANA)
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The joint press conference of the Prime Minister's Office, TEPCO, and the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency, which brought Goshi Hosono into the spotlight. The aim of the unification was to "disseminate accurate and transparent information," but no results have been achieved yet, and time is just passing by in vain. (Photo by PANA)
Even if a nuclear power plant is shut down, it takes 2 to 3 years for the temperature of the nuclear fuel to drop completely. Even if the plant is decommissioned, it will take at least 20 years for it to stabilize. Some radioactive materials have half-lives of tens of thousands of years, so the danger will not decrease even if the operation of the plant is stopped because there is a high probability of an earthquake.
In fact, Fukushima Daiichi's Unit 4 was also shut down for inspection, but a hydrogen explosion blew the reactor building apart, releasing radioactive materials into the environment. Shutting down the Hamaoka nuclear plant would be meaningless if measures against earthquakes and tsunamis were not taken. If an accident on the same scale as Fukushima were to occur at Hamaoka, over one million residents would need to be evacuated, but Prime Minister Suga did not say a word about the safety of the residents in his press conference. He called for the nuclear plant to be shut down without any safety measures being taken.