On July 19, 2011
Fukushima citizens met with spokespeople for the Japanese Government. The
meeting was recorded and posted on YouTube[i] In
the video, a spokesperson for the people of Fukushima
repeatedly asks, “As other people do, people in Fukushima have a right to avoid the radiation
exposure and live a healthy life, too. Don’t you think so?”
The government
official, Akira Satoh, Director of the Local Nuclear
Emergency Response Headquarters, responds, “The government has tried to reduce
the radiation exposure dose as much as it can.”
The citizens’ spokesperson
presses, “So, are you saying that they don’t? They have that right, don’t
they?”
The government official responds, “I don’t know if they have that
right.”
The spokesperson then queries, “Do you mean that there is a difference
in the radiation exposure standards between Fukushima
prefecture and other prefectures?”
Mr. Satoh,
the director, responds, “What I am saying is, the government has tried to
reduce the radiation exposure dose as
much as it can.”
The audience
reacts, disgruntled by the evasiveness and their spokesperson again presses,
“The government isn’t applying a different standard to people in Fukushima, is it?”
Mr. Satoh concludes tersely, “I have already said
all I could say.” The government officials then left amidst audience members
crying out that they want their children’s urine tested for radioactivity. The
audience demanded also to know why the Soviets were able to evacuate over
200,000 children within 2 weeks of the disaster yet Japan, a “free society,”
fails to protect its citizenry. There were no answers from the departing
officials.....
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[i] July
19 2011 meeting held by government officials with Fukushima citizens in Corasse
Fukushima, Fukushima City uploaded to YouTube. The video is titled ‘Japanese
Government Killing Its Own People in Fukushima’ (19 July 2011), YouTube (2011, July 19): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVuGwc9dlhQ, date
accessed 25 July 2011.