An opinion from
Japan News Today :
The inaction of the government, the lack of information provided to residents sound very similar to what happened in the early days of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear crisis.
The Japanese government and TEPCO have behaved in a manner similar to the Soviet Union when the Chernobyl accident occurred. Withholding information, delaying action, playing down the risks of the disaster while providing nothing but reassurances whether they are justified or not. Only recently has the Japanese government raised the ranking of the Fukushima disaster to Level 7 on the INES scale. Criticism of the Japanese government and TEPCO by the Japanese media has also been weak because TEPCO is a huge advertiser for many Japanese media companies.
What this link leads to is a discussion on a Japanese site about how English media sites have provided far more comprehensive, quicker coverage of the Fukushima nuclear disaster compared to the Japanese media. They also discuss how it is ironic TEPCO’s English language site provides a wealth of information, photos, and videos that only trickles in to Japanese media coverage.
When you watch the documentary the impact on the people, animals, and the surrounding areas around Chernobyl sound very similar to what is happening in Fukushima. The evacuated Ukranian residents never returned, will the Fukushima residents never return to their abandoned or destroyed homes? Maybe they just don’t know yet that is what is going to happen.
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