Published: January 23rd, 2012 at 9:32 am ET
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Title: Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters didn’t keep conference note
Source: Fukushima Diary
Date: Jan 22, 2012
[...] The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency says, they were too busy at the moment, couldn’t afford to make it.
Haruna Mikio, an expert of officials file from graduate school of Nagoya University analyzes probably they did not want to take responsibility for wrong decisions.
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Actual Fukushima worker, Happy20790 tweeted like this below, SourceAbsolutely they have it. wonder why they hide it..
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Published: January 23rd, 2012 at 9:32 am ET
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Happy would have no way of knowing this. He may be right, of course, but that’s a separate issue.
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Exactly. It’s likely they’re telling the truth, in that chaos ruled the moment (as it apparently continues to do so now) and no resources were allocated to this record keeping. But another questions comes to mind: why not? It seems a bit convenient for those tasked with making such life-critical decisions, that they’re now using the ‘fog of war’ clause…
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It is likely they are not telling the truth. 95% range. Of course there are records, sheesh, I have a pocket digital recorder I can easily input to computer. These things are basic. There are laws requiring meeting minutes.
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Fukushima & TEPCO: MORE Fail, if you can believe THAT! update 1/22/12
Uploaded by MsMilkytheclown on Jan 22, 2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PL0CEF65E235CD3314&v=X5nZgTGV1bI&feature=player_detailpage
special thank you to kevindbalnch. Send warm wishes his way as he goes back into the hospital tomorrow for cancer treatments.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVdODFc9vAM
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Boy that happy’s quite the plant/shill/troll isn’t he; I’m still working though on how statements like this, even via reverse (-reverse-reverse?) psychology, help further TEPCO’s purpose. Maybe one of the definite non-trolls making those claims can explain it for me?
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I don’t know what to make of Happy, but I always read his stuff with interest. If he’s pro-Tepco, he hides it well. If he’s anti-Tepco, he’s in an odd line of work.
He’s exactly what we’ve always wanted, at least on the surface – someone on the scene being candid – but why is he the only one, and why does he seem to over-reach so often? The over-reach may be just frustration on his part. Time will tell.
Perhaps he’ll get a marble statue some day. Perhaps not.
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I always wonder…why Tepco hasn’t fired him? THAT in itself is suspect imo. WE see his tweets. THEY DO TOO.
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The government has the meeting notes ..absolutely… NO meeting happens without minutes…..
What did they do with them..? check the outhouse….lol
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I have never, not once gone to a meeting and not left with at least some “minutes”, notes.
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People in the Western World, need to reexamine the “way” they view Japan and that includes not only how that Country is governed but what actual “say” the Japanese people have in their Governments process!
It has taken almost a year to realize that Japan is actually being “run” by its Powerful Utility Companies and this “business” relationship extends in a “Control Continuum” that extends at one end, from actual Utility direct financial support of the highest Government Leaders in the Country, to the widely known use of organized gangs to keep citizens in line at the other!
The idea that individual Japanese people actually have a say in how they are governed, much less the way their Energy is generated, is just a well publicized fantasy that the Utilities uses to put a nuclear “smily face” on the grim reality that ever facet of Japanese life is less important than what is good for these Utilities! These Powerful Utilities ARE Japan, and the Japanese people are only “forced” customers of these Utilities since they have no other choice of providers when it come to basic needs like electricity, at lest until now! Solar panels have allowed many to get the electricity they need and this is a huge threat to these Utilities, that must be “crushed” ASAP if they are to maintain their complete control over the Japanese people!
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Examine the Keiretsu structure of corporations with interlocking boards of directors in order to understand the power structure of industry/government in Japan.
The power structure of Japan is governed by more than utility companies.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keiretsu
Historical zaibatsu —–> Kairetsu (present system)
Here’s a quote: (Zaibatsu system partly dissolved after WWII)
Zaibatsu as a whole were widely considered to be beneficial to the Japanese economy and government, and the opinions of the Japanese public, of the zaibatsu workers and management, and of the entrenched bureaucracy regarding plans for zaibatsu dissolution ranged from unenthusiastic to disapproving. Additionally, the changing politics of the Occupation during the reverse course served as a crippling, if not terminal, roadblock to zaibatsu elimination.
Even until today, banks and trading companies have been at the top of the pyramid, having access and control over a portion of each company’s part of the keiretsu. Shareholders succeeded over the family control of the cartel. This was made possible with relaxing of Japanese laws whereby holding companies could become stockholding companies.
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Read full article to get the full picture. Strong historicity here, and cultural tradition at work.
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Paraphrasing from Wikipedia article:
Horizontal keiretsu — also known as financial kairetsu. Set up around a Japanese bank, which assists corporations with a full range of financial transactions. The top six Japanese horizontal keiretsu include Fuyo, Sanwa, Sumitomo, Mitsubishi, Mitsui, and Dai-Ichi Kangyo bank groups. “Branches” may include vertical relationships.
These are:
“Horizontally diversified business groups”
Cross-linkage of these groups “through ownership of long-term equity and production activities” arises in vertical kairetsu. Mitsubishi is an example.
Vertical, or industrial kairetsu links suppliers, manufacturers, and distributors in an industry. Subsidiary companies are created for the benefit of the parent company.
These are:
“Vertical manufacturing and distribution networks”
One or more sub-companies are created to benefit the parent company, with banks having a lesser influence. Honda and Toyota are examples. Production is at the top of the model, followed by suppliers, then smaller manufacturer. The higher the position in the heirarchy, the lower the risk of economic disruption, and the higher the profit margin.
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IMHO, you really have to wrap your head around the kairetsu concept to understand why things are unfolding after the Fukushima accident (it’s ongoing of course) the way they are.
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Mitsubishi is an example of a horizontal kairetsu. Put that reference in the wrong place above.
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Futhermore, employment at a large corporation is considered honorable in Japan, as is lifetime employment. (Less lifetime employment than 20 years ago, but still highly valued.) Employees are considered stakeholders in their companies to a much higher degree than in the U.S. There is far more loyalty to the company. Remember this is a country with a much more collectivist view of society than Western countries.
Not saying it’s right or wrong, it’s just what’s so. If any Japanese are reading, please provide your insight. I’m only giving a semi-educated Westerner’s view, based on U.S.-Japan cultural and business studies done many moons ago under the tutelage of a Japanese woman professor.
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Interesting stuff, HoT – thanks!
Despite cultural differences, it strikes me that the present crisis is handled pretty much the same way everywhere, namely massive denial.
I was looking at some Japanese English-language media sites today, and I was struck by the total absence of the Fukushima story. It reminded me of CNN, CBC, BBC… most of the msm media. Weird silence almost everywhere.
These were typical:
http://metropolis.co.jp/
http://www.japaninc.com/
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Con’t.
Ever since 3/11, the rest of the World’s attention has been focused on the Trillion Dollar Eco-Disaster at Fukushima and Japan’s response to their triple melt down. What we have learned is that the Government has allowed TEPCO to not only remain in Control of this debacle but they have actually enabled the Utility to place huge numbers of Japanese citizens at risk rather than demand that the Utility think first of human health instead of Corp. shareholder profits. The fact that radioactive pollution has now spread Globally and is affecting the rest of the Planet is hardly mentioned in MSM which points to an even greater problem for the rest of mankind; we are helpless and as yet unable to demand any “better” treatment from Japan because our own Leaders are for the most part are in full support of the those Utility backed Leaders in Japan.
Kudos to Germany and many other Countries for pointing the finger at Nuclear Power and the Trillion Dollar Eco-Disaster RISK every nuclear complex now represents! People globally now are becoming informed and starting to demand answers to basic questions and once people start asking questions perhaps change will occur, even if not for the Japanese themselves… one thing is for certain, the Japanese people will be affected by their Trillion Dollar Eco-Disaster for much longer than the estimated 40 to 100 years that it will take to “tidy up” after Fukushima…
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Nice post!
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All of us should put our heads together and come up with a list of demands the Japanese should make to their government. The government should make TEPCO provide information. The goal is transparency of the actions and decisions of the government, TEPCO and other agencies. If the demands are not met quickly the whole country should go on strike. For those Japanese not thinking they are impacted by this disaster they should realize they themselves may be only one earthquake away from having a nuclear plant near them melt down. Without demands being made and met now they will be mis-treated and neglected the same way.
1)Copies of all meeting minutes regarding the crisis posted online and easily accessible.
The minutes should be from March 11th until now and kept up to date.
2)High quality cameras located on-site with views from all angles streaming live 24 hours a day.
3)Radiation monitoring of the air, water and food whose goal is to protect people by allowing them to make informed decisions about where they are willing to live and what they believe is safe for them, their children and babies to eat or drink.
4)Online maps of all sites where the byproducts of “decontamination” have been buried or stored.
5)Detailed analysis and descriptions of the watersheds that feed into water supplies and the contamination levels within each watershed.
6)Laws that protect people from food items being mislabeled as to their point of origin.
7)A list of all sub-contractors being used by TEPCO, how many workers the subcontractor has on-site and what tasks are the to do.
8)Immediate compensation to those impacted directly by this disaster such as the farmers.
Please come up with some more….
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@enoughalready45: excellent suggestion…
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Please post additional suggestion in discussion forum. I reposted there on January 23, 2012 at 1:54 pm
http://enenews.com/forum-discussion-thread-jan-17-23-2012
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Minutes of past gov’t meetings on Fukushima crisis to be created
Update January 24
HA! Edano apologizes!
“Japanese industry minister Yukio Edano on Tuesday apologized for the government’s failure to take minutes of meetings of a taskforce dealing with the Fukushima nuclear crisis and said that he has instructed the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency to compile them soon based on notes taken by meeting attendees.
Edano said at a press conference that although the meetings were held in emergency situations soon after the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant, the government should have created minutes as soon as possible considering the public interest in the matter and the significant social impact that the handling of the accident has.
“As then-Chief Cabinet Secretary and the current Economy, Trade and Industry Minister, I apologize,” he said.
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/news/20120124p2g00m0dm144000c.html
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Spinorama ahead, no doubt.
Hmmn, even Nixon made tape recordings long ago and far away. I wonder if today’s government crisis room(s) have automated recording capability. Ya think?
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The originals may show criminal acts took place and would put some high ups behind bars !
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