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This article is good news. TEPCO is making progress, making substantial penetration into the reactor plant which implies a degree of control to radiation emissions and cooling, ventilation. It is like fighting a fire in a building, the firefighters are in the building containing the fire, but the roof could collapse at any moment.
In the big picture, TEPCO is pioneering reactor containment. This is Japan, so more capable of rigging present technologies to solve unprecedented problems. New equipment and tools will be manufactured to address future problems as this - this bodes well for other countries w/ nuclear reactors. W/ peak oil, nuclear reactors is one way for significant output of electricity, and nuclear reactors may get damaged such as here. Japan (Toshiba, Hitachi) builds nuclear reactors, and here is a golden opportunity to establish NEW methods to address reactor disasters. Unfortunate, but throughout history, progress in technologies have to a large degree come from crisis, disasters. Japan is making solid penetration into the reactor #1, and this is good.
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Since the US will be hosting APEC in Hawaii later this year, the Okinawa Governor may have a better negotiating position in the latter part of this year. Something I noticed at the macro level. The second half of this year should be memorable.
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To GW,
"Apec there is no way the DPJ & LDP have a hope in doing anything right, politics is so broken in this country that govt/beaurocracy is one of the things Japan most needs to fix right now, its a much bigger problem than the disasters but few seem to recognize the fact & even less seem to think something shud be done."
Your assessment is not off the mark, but the reasons for the fractures is very complicated. I did receive some details in and outside Japan. It is a situation that will have to sort itself out, most likely soon.
If the Japanese voters can either overlook or compensate for minor scandals in the PM and Cabinet for about 24 months, and if the PM and Cabinet is set up for one year terms then rotate, the broader problem of mid and long term development can be addressed. It is a tricky situation, and will just have to wait to see how things work out.
Posted in: Disasters challenge plans to reinvent Japan Inc
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Japan in the near term needs to consolidate and strengthen their position as #3 economy in the world economy. The Clinton Administration in the 1990's have created the present situation in the Asia Pacific, especially providing the means and tools for the PRC to strive for Great Power status. The IMF has come out w/ a forecast of the PRC overtaking the US economy as early as 2016 (using their specific criteria). The ascension of the PRC is clearly a defining development in the 21st Century. Japan would be best served adapting to the changes initiated by the US, but something the US themselves will have to watch.
It is probably time to push PM Kan out of position, and let the DPJ and LDP brainstorm to come up w/ a mid and long range plan to develop Japan. The Japanese voters should allow the development of PMs and Cabinets lasting only one year, and most likely scandals tainting the PM at least for the near term.
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apecNetworks
Correction:
"...but there are posters who DON'T know the implications of that title."
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There are times there are threads on JT that reminds me of Plato's Cave - the situation is sooooo pervasive and soooooo obvious if the person researches it. However, if the person is a tourist, nothing makes sense. "76% say Kan lacks leadership over nuclear crisis, quake", but there are posters who doesn't know the implications of that title. To change those numbers (76%), the person needs to go out to a place like Shinjuku Station and scream out why PM Kan should stay in office and hand out pamphlets describing your case. I am sure PM Kan would appreciate your efforts.
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Addendum:
If a person is a US National, what does it mean if Pres. Obama and his Administration is subjected to ""76% say "THEY" lacks leadership"" in an important issue.
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To Marcelito,
"The way apecNetworks carries on this forum all the time calling for Kan to quit regardeless of whether Kan does something good or not makes me think he is a LDP stooge. Anybody else gets that feeling? If you want Kan to step down, please present a credible "leader" who can do better as an alternative otherwise give Kan a break."
Actually, I am explaining why PM Kan has over half the governors find him inadequate, why "76% say Kan lacks leadership over nuclear crisis, quake", why he has a low voter approval ranking inspite of this Crisis. My posts are in English, but PM Kan's weaknesses are known in Japanese. I am getting heat from my posts here locally in the US, so I am guessing the US Govt. does want PM Kan as PM - there is irony in that fact.
If a person steps back, and start pondering why PM Kan is seen as "inadequate" by the Japanese public, one does have to start talking to a Japanese National who do not approve of PM Kan and his Cabinet. 76% is a whopper in this Crisis.
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It's May 1,2011, it's "sayonara time".
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The situation is soooooooo obvious, it is funny. The Disaster should have the whole country supporting the PM at this time, w/ poll numbers well over 60%. Former PM Koizumi would be getting an astronomical 80-90% approval rating. PM Kan is a known quantity in Japanese politics, and the "76% say Kan lacks leadership over nuclear crisis, quake" says volumes of him and his Cabinet. However, I still think,and also many others do think, he is a nice guy and those in his Cabinet are loyal nice guys and gals.
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Thusfar, PM Kan has refused to honor the DPJ Manifesto which is essentially a vow/promise to the voters, thus.....
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Addendum:
This may be a joke to some, but I am advocating a democratically elected Govt., not what exists now.
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Pretty simple.... the Japanese people need a PM that AT LEAST represents the DPJ, not just a small group in the DPJ. The Japanese people need a PM that will honor the Party Manifesto that the DPJ ran on, leading to a Majority in the Lower House. PM Kan's small group is incapable of winning any clout in the Diet by themselves, thus they truly are only in office by default, not due to any level of influence. The whole Cabinet should resign, and get better representation of the DPJ in Govt. position - this is what the voters voted for.
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A good tactical move on PM Kan's small group. Prior to the Crisis, his group was pushing for the indictment of former SecGen Ozawa; criticized by former PM Hatoyama for betraying the DPJ power sharing in the Cabinet/Govt.; significantly abandoning the Party Manifesto; possible criminal indictment of accepting political donations from foreign interests; encouraged the strengthening of the PRC/Russian policies towards Japan; major forces lining up to go after PM Kan's foreign policies that FM Maehara was spearheading, etc... The Disaster was a godsend for PM Kan, because he refuses to resign and if he steps down, he may face criminal charges. The US may be his only salvation.
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PM Kan reminds me of former Pres. Nixon and Watergate. The famous quote by Sen. Howard Baker, "What did you know and when did you know it?".
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Addendum:
PM Kan cannot be indicted until he is no longer PM, but may be vulnerable if he resigns. If so, he would go to great lengths to remain PM, to avoid indictment of accepting illegal political donations from foreign interests.
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To Hikozaemon,
Google "PM Kan +illegal political donations". PM Kan has already admitted to the donations and returned the money. It is a criminal act, but PM Kan is on record that he refuses to resign. This issue is the backdrop to all the divisions in the Diet.
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What I don't know is, what happens to PM Kan if he resigns. He has a criminal charge of accepting political donations from foreign interests, but as long as he is PM, he cannot be indicted. Can he be indicted, like former SecGen Ozawa, after PM Kan is no longer PM? Would anyone wish to comment?
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Addendum:
The age requirement for the JGSDF would be modified for this group except for health reasons.
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It would be much better if PM Kan and his Cabinet resign enmasse, then they all enlist in the JGSDF as Officiers in charge of securing the northern border of Hokkaido. They should be well armed and PM Kan would be negotiating w/ the Russian Officers.
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