R: [governance] 8.9 earthquake in Japan

[Izumi AIZU]

Divina,

Thanks for the care.
As for your question, I assume it's about nuclear power station
possible meltdown. To tell you the truth, the straight answer is
I don't know. Maybe they are covering some facts, maybe not.
In general, there have been severe criticisms in the past
against power company whose nuclear reactor had serious
trouble, yet they tried to hide the truth. So, I don't think they
are trying to hide the truth intentionally. What I see is that
they are very careful in sending the information out, or
reporting even to the Prime ministers office. And yes
that is frustrating and also source of problem per se.

Now the cabinet office is setting up a joint crisis management
center with TEPCO, the power company, to share the operation.
Whether the experts team and politicians team with bureaucrats
work better or worse remains to be seen.

izumi

2011/3/15 Divina MEIGS <divina.meigs at orange.fr>:
> Dear Izumi
>
> Really relieved to hear from you. The news here in France are not good as
> for the sequel tremors to come. And yet we are under the feeling that we are
> not told everything... Is there anything planned to prevent more damage?
> What can be done from here?
>
> Best
> Divina
>
>
> Le 14/03/11 16:20, « Fiorello Cortiana » <f.cortiana at provincia.milano.it> a
> écrit :
>
>>
>> Izumi,
>> I'm waiting for your report to know what kind of help the japanese people
>> really need.
>> Here in Italy Government and nuclear lobby disperately try to minimize what is
>> happened and it's better they are facing the real situation
>>
>>  Fiorello
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