Published: November 2nd, 2011 at 9:05 pm ET
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Here is an excerpt Debito Arudou‘s latest piece for the Japan Times:
“Regardless, the awful truth is: ‘We Japanese don’t lie. We just don’t tell the truth.’”
“This is not sustainable. Post-Fukushima Japan must realize that public acceptance of lying got us into this radioactive mess in the first place.”
“For radiation has no media cycle. It lingers and poisons the land and food chain. Statistics may be obfuscated or suppressed as usual. But radiation’s half-life is longer than the typical attention span or sustainable degree of public outrage.”
“As the public — possibly worldwide — sickens over time, the truth will leak out.”
Published: November 2nd, 2011 at 9:05 pm ET
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I love hearing columns like this. The whole world should be moved to compunction and a metric ton of columns like this one should be generated every month.
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“Or, giving reporters the benefit of the doubt, it’s hard to know which lyin’ rat to pounce on first when there are so many. Or journalists themselves engage in barely researched, unscientific or sensationalistic reporting, undermining their trustworthiness as information sources.”
what a great paragraph!! says it all! bleedin japan times, cool im a subscriber
“Again, uso mo hoben: As long as you accomplish your goals, lying is a means to an end. The incentives in Japan are clear. Few will tell the truth if they will be punished for doing so, moreover rarely punished for not doing so.”
and uso mo hoben is used by the 147 corporations and their minions it is not specific to japan!!
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Sharks speak with their teeth.
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Amazing logic by Arudou and finally the truth begins to peek out from under the red rising sun. Such honesty and when linked with bad news…travels swifter than the jetstream. Slowly and inexorably the mainstream news iron curtain is poised for breakouts from journalists looking to scoop the competitors.
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Still nothing on HP. I have that tab open and keep checking. Mother F**kers are still SILENT.
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Whoopie, I’m glad you haven’t given up on HP yet, I would have. You’re the best, and have the patients of a seasoned mother. I however do not, and have tried other means of communicating, like twitter. It’s like a zombie movie, and were expecting the zombies to wake up. A recent post from a friend on FB details fluoride as as zombify agent for the population. But that’s a different subject. Please keep up the hard work.
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No Whoopie, Tell us how you really feel.. about HP, Glad your on our side!!! go get them.
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Tepco cam showing tepco Doing their drizzle / cooling technique to reactor 2.
I suppose that means that the temperature is above their comfort zone.
So reactor 2 is now heating up.
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Yes, and I think she has a very bad fever too!
Wonder if she’ll ‘toss her cookies’.
I don’t mean to sound indifferent–I am not. I am POWERLESS,…and I always hate that! But, it is what it is.
Time for prayer.
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Ahh, Jill, you’ve used my absolute favorite phrase……..”It is what it is”.
Whoopie just used my second fave…..”Motherfuckers”!
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“Many doubt government claims that radioactive rubble will not proliferate nationwide, fanning fears that the nuclear power industry is trying to make itself less culpable for concentrated radiation poisoning by irradiating everyone (see http://www.debito.org/?p=954!)!”
“Now we have documented proof that the Japanese government (the Environment Ministry, no less) is taking steps to pressure local governments nationwide into swallowing their fair share of the radiation. Why does this debris have to be carted around the country? Not only could it contaminate the entire nation, it will also shield the nuclear power industry from criticism and responsibility — as it will make it harder to link radiation to the cause of any future sickness or death if casualties are not limited to the Fukushima area.” http://www.debito.org/?p=9547
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Busby has also suggested this as a possible explanation for why they are transporting debris for incineration to places all over the island. I’m not doubting him on that, but I must admit that I really don’t understand how this strategy can work. Surely there is already data on cancer rates across Japan. If in the wake of Fukushima that rate suddenly increases noticeably across the entire country, I don’t see how that gets TEPCO off the hook. It seems to me that a post-Fuk increase all over Honshu just magnifies their liability–it would have been bad enough to do such harm in one prefecture, but if it can be shown that cancer rates increased in the wake of the accident across the entire island, that looks even worse for TEPCO–they’ve not only devastated the health of one prefecture’s population, they devastated that of an entire country (or at least its main island).
If that really is their agenda and such horrific statistics do come to pass, let’s hope that the strategy backfires on them and it is interpreted as I interpret it, magnifying–not obscuring–their liability and their shame.
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“Carted around the country”…carriers off-shore Fukushima
http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/
Kinda interesting…
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That was interesting. I wonder what the normal number of cargo ships there usually are around Japan. (?)
I’m guessing here, but I’ll bet they’re shipping ‘hot’ stuff out as quickly as they can. (Maybe just dumping it in the waste can which they call the Pacific Ocean.)
It’s the same logic as someone who gets an STD and decides to give it to everyone else because someone gave it to them. Unthinkable, but it happens. Not a good principle, but a common/human one.
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I appreciate what Arnie has contributed, and understand he has to be careful to maintain his credibility. But I was thinking that he (or any other expert) could get up and say that “his sense is this……you know suggest that although he doesn’t have irrefutable proof, he feels strongly that we can expect certain things to unfold. I think that mentioning that this is his impression would still afford him all the credibility he requires to be heard.
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He reads here. Hopefully he’ll take your suggestion.
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Have a good one everyone. See ya in the A.M.
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Arnie must tread lightly.. industry people are sharing and leaking data to him that may not see the light of day otherwise…
It would do us no good for him to get too confrontational lest the data stream dry up.
Also…certainly, he must remain scientific in his dealings and interpretations for him to occur too emotional will give naysayers ability to label him crazy..or?
Those of us who saw Arnie on March 13th know, without a doubt, that this man of science saw his most horrible nightmare unfold before his very eyes.. the initial data scared the shit right our of him..
Go find the youtube video when he tells RT it is Chernobyl on Steroids…he looks crazy.. scared.. convinced me instantly…
I say, Arnie, keep your head down, we understand, and collect all the data you can and keep sharing.. you are a hero and a source of understanding that is most appreciated…
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Couldn’t agree more with EVERYTHING you just wrote!
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“Those of us who saw Arnie on March 13th know, without a doubt, that this man of science saw his most horrible nightmare unfold before his very eyes.. the initial data scared the shit right our of him..”
It is surely a nightmare for those in Japan. As i watch the talkdown, coverup, and almost total lack of proactive response with other plants of this or similiar design in quake zones.
The US could easily see 7-8+ ricter quakes this decade in the greater New Madrid seismic zone (Chicago-OKC) and that could lead to similiar meltdowns. No proactive response (unless you count studies) is underway though.
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Its funny because for me he is that wise informer. His human-ness for me gives him loads of credibility.
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+100
You could tell he believed what he was saying and it was not good..and he had the education to interpret the data that has been there all along.
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well said cataclysmic tsung tsu
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He is a well informed person, he must have personal ideas about what is transpiring. I am willing to risk the possibility that he won’t be entirely accurate in order to get a more thorough understanding of the complexities of this situation.
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Check out this counter to Debito Arudou‘s piece here…
Thursday, Nov. 3, 2011
READERS IN COUNCIL
Nonsense from a poison pen
By OLAF KATHAUS
Sapporo
As much as I admire Debito Arudou for his efforts to point out flaws in the Japanese society and politics, he let himself get carried away this time.
First, the phrase “radiation poisoning” is usually reserved to the acute effects of ionizing radiation that usually manifest within days of exposure. None of this happened in Japan outside of the reactor.
His vision that the worldwide population will get sick because of Fukushima is utter nonsense. But his argument fail-proof: he claims that statistics about Fukushima effects will be obfuscated…READ MORE IN LINK
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/rc20111103a6.html
Huh, Who is he?
This guy Olaf Karthaus is a is a German polymer chemist and Professor at the Chitose Institute of Science and Technology in Chitose, Hokkaidō, Japan, researching polymer chemistry, thin films, photonics, and nanotechnology
Karthaus was a co-plaintiff with Debito Arudou and Kenneth Sutherland in an anti-discrimination lawsuit against a hot spring (onsen) in Otaru, Japan, that refused entry to individuals with foreign appearance even if they were Japanese citizens.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olaf_Karthaus
THE OTARU LAWSUIT INFORMATION SITE
http://www.debito.org/otarulawsuit.html
Seems like they used to be buddies, till one sold out…
OLAF KARTHAUS is an advisor to the Japan Science and Technology Company…
http://www.photon.jst.go.jp/en/04adve/10adve.html
The spoked wheel spin continues…
Keep your sticks handy…
We still have wheels to poke…
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Who is Debito Arudou?
He is a writer that believes in truths!
From his site…
WHAT’S DEBITO.ORG?
“We ought not to be ashamed of applauding the truth, nor appropriating the truth from whatever source it may come, even if it be from remote races and nations alien to us.” — al-Kindi, 9th-Century Arab philosopher. From Francis Wheen, “How Mumbo-Jumbo Conquered the World”, pg. 307.
http://www.debito.org/?page_id=2
Who do you believe?
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Seems like they used to be buddies, till one sold out
damn! your good!! nice one jebus!! +1000
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had to post this jebus
““Professor Chitose Institute of Science and Technology
2006 – Present (5 years)
Head of the Department of Bio- and Material Photonics
PWC Organic nanotechnology cluster leader
Research Associate Research Institute for Electronic Science, Hokkaido University
1994 – 2000 (6 years)”
“What comes next? The next ‘gaijin’ stepping into that bank has to show
his ID again? I am afraid so.
What should I do?
Take the whole issue to the branch manager? To the main office of
Hokkaido Ginko?
Any input/critisism welcome, private or on the list.”
Worth a read.. shows a bit of a glimpse into his general mentality..quite interesting!…
Errr ,, when in rome ??
“With the help of Arudou Debito and my wife I wrote a letter of complaint”
In my “expert” opinion this guy is suffering from shrunken brain syndrome from the nuclear fallout from the bomb testing in the fifties, therefore his guy, Olaf an ex german, unhappy Japanese sort of person is OCD and could be suffering from some sort of mania issue. People with mania are renowned for getting friends and family rapped up in their petty issues.. just my take, don’t take my word for it! ? lol loads more drivel here!
http://www.debito.org/TheCommunity/karthausondogin.html
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In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act. – George Orwell
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http://www.youtube.com/user/AfterApocalypseMovie
Everyone in Japan needs to meet the children of the children of the Polygon Soviet nuclear tests done on human guinea pig people. This part was omitted from the movie, which you can view in its entire on You Tube.
The Soviets thought, wrongly, the genetic damage would only damage one generation. There are 270,000 children like these in Khazakstan. The genetic damage is permanent and GROWING.
Such beautiful Japanese children have to end up like this? NOT!
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Sigh, Another shill chimes in on Debito Arudou….
Thursday, Nov. 3, 2011
READERS IN COUNCIL
The truth about tatemae
By SCOTT HARDS
Nasu, Tochigi
Debito Arudou (“The costly fallout of tatemae and Japan’s culture of deceit,” Nov. 1) paints with indefensibly broad strokes, completely failing to establish how tatemae culture — essentially a social mechanism to prevent hurt feelings on the part of the listener — somehow translates into Japan being a vast sea of lies.
He trots out a number of recent news events and finds deceptions by their players, but this is something one could do easily with news stories from any country in the world. He demonstrates nothing uniquely Japanese or linked to tatemae.
Worse, he misrepresents some of the stories. At Olympus, Michael C. Woodford was indeed fired as CEO for being a “whistle blower” but the subsequent resignation (and probable indictment) of their top manager, not mentioned by Arudou, reveals that it’s the truth that is being valued more highly.
He also sees lies where there aren’t any; his radiation obsession clouds his understanding of Tepco’s “cover-up” of reactor meltdowns in Fukushima. It bears repeating that nuclear reactors don’t have “meltdown sensors” and even today, we don’t know for sure, empirically, that the fuel did melt since the reactor vessels cannot yet be safely opened yet. It’s simply an analysis of temperature and pressure data that has led to this openly disclosed conclusion.
Who is SCOTT HARDS?
He sells hobby shit on the web…
The man behind the madness, in his natural environment.
http://www.hlj.com/misc/sthprof.html
Why is he a shill?
Sunday, Apr. 3, 2011
READERS IN COUNCIL
Nuclear benefits outweigh risks
By SCOTT HARDS
Nasu, Tochigi
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/rc20110403a2.html
Keep poking folks…
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little bit here
dead link to his electronic university but got this snippet on the cache…
“Standing at the edge of the 21st century, people of the world have a strong desire for more and more harmonious development of science technology and the importance of the academic research as a platform of science technology is snowballing. Our mission, as an affiliation to the university, is not only to promote original and creative researches for surpassing the international marks, but also to keep pioneering unknown regions of study. We, Research Institute for Electronic Science, Hokkaido University, are aiming to transcend the traditionally-systemized learning which has been predicated on physics, chemistry and mathematics and develop new electronic science fields obtaining aggressively the achievement from biological science.”
dont quite know what all that means exactly?? but its food for thought maybe!!
Sponsored by “Nikon Instech.Co.,Ltd.”
http://74.6.238.254/search/srpcache?ei=UTF-8&p=Research+Institute+for+Electronic+Science+homepage&fr=ie8&u=http://cc.bingj.com/cache.aspx?q=Research+Institute+for+Electronic+Science+homepage&d=4606400014717826&mkt=en-US&setlang=en-US&w=f9a694fd,62a350c4&icp=1&.intl=us&sig=SGttcfLnMcPVIb9F_spzQw–
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merde should be under olaf!!
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Japan Update: New Fukushima Documents Warrant Public Attention
by Nelle Maxey
Over the last few weeks many independent reports have been released regarding the true levels of Fukushima contamination. These have come from independent scientists, citizen groups and European agencies. However two postings yesterday are of particular importance and I wanted to bring them to the attention of the public.
http://www.pacificfreepress.com/news/1-/10076-fukushima-meltdown-documents-released.html
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Fukushima deadly hot particles hit U.S., Health right violation (video)
Deborah Dupre, Human Rights Examiner
West Coast, Seattle, Boston hot spots: Cancer to dramatically increase yet public kept in dark
On Monday, it was confirmed that the major human right to health is being violated in the United States by the public not being advised that Fukushima hot particles contaminated the United States and that West Coast cancer are due to surge, based on scientific analysis by Scientist Marco Kaltofen of Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) of radioactive isotopic releases from Fukushima who presented his findings at the American Public Health Association (APHA) annual meeting in Washington DC as reported by nuclear expert Arnie Gundersen.
http://www.examiner.com/human-rights-in-national/fukushima-hot-particles-hit-u-s-health-right-violation-video
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Author of the new book, “Nuclear Toxicity Syndrome,”Dr. Mark Sircus, on his “Wisdom and Warning” website, blog.imva.info, has referred to research and analysis of Dr. DeSante. (Also see: “Prestigious doctor: US nuclear ‘Baby valley of death,’ Millions to die (video),” Dupré, D.)
“In Nuclear Toxicity Syndrome are chapters talking about how the very young, those under one year old including unborn and newborn babies who seem to be dying at faster rates on both the east and west coasts of America—starting immediately after a radiation plume came across the Pacific soon after the nuclear catastrophe at Fukushima occurred,” states Dr. Sircus.
After Chernobyl’s radioactive cloud over the U.S. West Coast spring of 1986, Dr. DeSante’s research uncovered severe die-off of young birds. Later, researchers Gould and Goldman duplicated Dr. DeSante’s results using human mortality data from both U..S. and Germany. They found that the “young, the old, and those with weak immune systems were the main casualties.
http://publications.imva.info/index.php/e-books/nuclear-radiation-ebook.html
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Baby death spike in W. Canada blamed on parents not radiation
http://www.examiner.com/human-rights-in-national/baby-death-spike-w-canada-blamed-on-parents-not-radiation
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I’m having difficulty concentrating, which is most disturbing, my eye sight appears to be failing, and the normal temperature of the ship seems to me to be increasingly colder.
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