- Fukushima Report Introduced by Top Official Hosono: “Other reactors are all in considerably severe condition” — 14 total; Dai-ni, Onagawa, Tokai — “Extreme situations, though not much has been broadcast” (VIDEO) (ENENews, April 19, 2012)
Tags: Environment, Fukushima, Global News, Goshi Hosono, Government, Health, Japan, Nuclear, Nuclear reactors, Politics, Radiation, Society, Technology
- Goshi Hosono Is Now On Twitter (EX-SKF, March 29, 2012):
The minister in charge of the Fukushima nuclear accident and the Minister of the Environment Goshi Hosono has just started tweeting.
You can follow him if you want, at @goshihosono54.
So far, only two tweets, following no one, and 1,097 people following.
Let him know what you think of his:
- “decontamination” scam that benefit largest construction companies in Japan;
- wide-area disposal of disaster debris that has been contaminated with radioactive materials, toxic chemicals;
- his handling of the Fuku-I accident, etc.
Just be aware that Twitter Japan is run by a person with ties to the Japanese government. (But at this point, who doesn’t have ties to the government, among TPTB?)
Tags: Global News, Goshi Hosono, Government, Japan, Politics, Twitter
- Survey finds soaring cesium level in soil in Iitate (Japan Times/Kyodo, Mar 20, 2012):
The Environment Ministry said Monday that a soaring cesium reading of 154,000 becquerels per kilogram has been logged in soil from the village of Iitate, Fukushima Prefecture, the highest level yet.
According to the results of a January survey, the cesium reading came from soil taken from the banks of the Niida River in Iitate, which lies in the hot zone around the disaster-hit Fukushima No. 1 power plant, the ministry said.
The figure put the soil’s radiation above the level that requires incinerated ash to be buried in sites with ferroconcrete partitions, which is 100,000 becquerels.
Tags: Environment, Fukushima, Global News, Goshi Hosono, Government, Health, Japan, Nuclear, Nuclear reactors, Politics, Radiation, Society
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- Goshi Hosono Short on Facts on Debris-Peddling Commercial (EX-SKF, Mar 18, 2012):
The Ministry of the Environment has a 2-minute-long commercial featuring Minister Goshi Hosono, aka disaster debris pusher, in front of the mountains of disaster debris in Ishinomaki City in Miyagi Prefecture.
Just about every single sentence he utters is short on facts and accuracy and full of misrepresentation.
From the Ministry of the Environment commercial below, translated and captioned by Tokyo Brown Tabby:
Hosono: As you can see, this is a huge mountain of debris.
Fact: Debris is actually neatly piled up, because it has been removed from the immediate coastal areas hit by the tsunami and is being stored there, as you can see at 0:26 into the video. But the disaster debris wide-area processing is being sold on the perception that the tsunami debris is still littering the streets and people’s backyards after one year.
Hosono: Ishinomaki City cannot complete the disposal alone.
Fact: In fact, the city can. The debris are being stored on the landfill on the bay, not bothering anyone nearby. The city has budgeted nearly 200 billion yen (US$2.4 billion) to do the debris disposal, building 5 new incineration plants on the landfill and in the process creating 1,250 jobs. None of the sister cities of Ishinomaki City has been asked to take the debris.
Hosono: The debris is the remnants of people’s lives.
Fact: Yes it is. So? Is that the reason to spread it all over Japan? Wouldn’t the pieces of lives of people in Ishinomaki want to remain in Ishinomaki?
Hosono: There are people in the city who are discouraged to see the debris in front of them…
Fact: The debris is on the landfill, removed from the areas where people live and work. It is not in front of them. Continue reading »
Tags: Environment, Fukushima, Global News, Goshi Hosono, Government, Health, Japan, Nuclear, Nuclear reactors, Politics, Radiation, Society
“… at all cost.”
- Goshi Hosono on Disaster Debris Burning: “It’s Only 33 Kilograms Per Person…” (EX-SKF, Feb. 20, 2012):
Minister of the Environment Goshi Hosono, who was better known for his extramarital affair with a popular actress before Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant blew up, tells the citizens of Japan on an NHK interview: “It’s only 33 kilograms of disaster debris from Miyagi and Iwate per person who lives outside Miyagi and Iwate.”
As if it’s a good thing.
NHK News (2/21/2012):
細野環境大臣は、ＮＨＫのインタビューで、被災地のがれきをほかの自治体で受け入れる広域処理を進めるため、環境省で焼却と最終処分を別々の自治体で行う方法を新たに検討したいという考えを明らかにしました。
In an NHK interview, Minister of the Environment Hosono revealed that his ministry may explore a new way whereby the incineration and the final disposal will be done in different municipalities, in order to expedite the wide-area processing of the disaster debris.
この中で細野環境大臣は「宮城県と岩手県のがれきは、一部をぜひ広域処理していただきたい。２つの県で処理しきれない部分を全国でお願いした場合、ほかの地域で処理する量は、１人当たり３３キロになり、これであれば、全国で処理していただけるのではないか」と述べました。
In the interview, Minister Hosono said,“I want to have portion of the debris from Miyagi and Iwate to be processed in wide areas, at all cost. If everyone in Japan outside Miyagi and Iwate Prefectures take on the debris that cannot be processed inside Miyagi and Iwate, the amount of the debris would be 33 kilograms per person. I believe it is manageable.”
Tags: Environment, Fukushima, Global News, Goshi Hosono, Government, Health, Japan, Nuclear, Nuclear reactors, Politics, Radiation, Society
- Japanese government is going to raise the safety limit for infant
Councilor of radiation belonging to Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare returned the report to allow them to raise the safety limit of infant food, which is from 50 Bq/Kg to 100 Bq/Kg.
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare has been asking the councilor for the opinion which is more friendly to agricultural industry.
As the reason, the councilor states even if an infant takes 100 Bq/Kg of food everyday, the yearly internal dose would be less than 1 mSv.
However, even this limit may be raised because some of the stakeholder of fishing and agricultural industry claim it is still too strict, it’s harmful for the reconstruction of the disaster area.
The councilor mentioned variety of stakeholders should be involved in making the new safety rule. Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare is going to effectuate the new rule as of April.
- Japan’s Ministry of Education Radiation Council: No Need to Have Stricter Standard for Radiation for Food for Infants (EX-SKF, Feb. 2, 2012):
Because “we have to make sure producers are not inconvenienced”.
The Radiation Council of the Ministry of Education and Science issued its response after deliberating on the new safety standard for radioactive cesium in food submitted by the Ministry of Health and Labor.
First, from Mainichi Shinbun (2/2/2012):
セシウム新基準値：乳児用食品１００ベクレルに…答申案
Report on new standard for radioactive cesium: 100 becquerels/kg for infant food
厚生労働省の諮問を受け、食品の放射性セシウムの新基準値案を審議していた文部科学省の放射線審議会（会長・丹羽太貫京都大名誉教授）は２日、乳児用食品 と牛乳について、１キロあたり５０ベクレルを１００ベクレルに緩めてもよいとする答申案をまとめた。次回に最終案を厚労省に答申する。
The Radiation Council of the Ministry of Education and Science has been deliberating on the new safety standards for radioactive cesium in food set by the Ministry of Health and Labor. On February 2, the council compiled its report that said it would be OK to loosen the standards for food and milk for infants from 50 becquerels/kg to 100 becquerels/kg. In the next meeting, the council will submit its final report to the Ministry of Health and Labor.
審議会では「乳児も含めどの年齢層でも、１キロあたり１００ベクレルの食品を摂取し続けても、年間被ばく限度の１ミリシーベルト以内に収まる」との意見が 大勢を占め、子供の健康は十分に守られるとの見解で一致した。新基準値案は農漁業生産者に厳しすぎ、被災地の復興にも影響を与える可能性があるとの意見も 出た。答申案には「基準値の決定にさまざまな関係者が関与すべきだ」と記された。
The majority of the council expressed the view that “for all age groups including infants, the annual [internal] radiation exposure would be within 1 millisievert even if they continue to consume food with 100 becquerels/kg of radioactive cesium”, and all agreed that the health of children would be well protected. Some said the new standards would be too harsh for fishermen and farmers, and the standards might negatively affect the recovery of the disaster-affected areas. The council’s report also says “all stakeholders should participate in deciding the new standards”.
Tags: Babies, Children, Environment, Fukushima, Global News, Goshi Hosono, Government, Health, Japan, Nuclear, Nuclear reactors, Politics, Radiation, Society
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- Cesium beef has been eaten by 180,000 students (Fukushima Diary, Feb. 3, 2012):
A member of the House of Representatives from Communist Party, Miyamoto Takeshi commented on his blog that about 180,000 students have eaten cesium beef.
Tags: Beef, Children, Environment, Food, Fukushima, Global News, Goshi Hosono, Government, Health, Japan, Meat, Nuclear, Nuclear reactors, Politics, Radiation, Schools, Society
- Minister of the Environment Goshi Hosono to Shimada City in Shizuoka: “Thank you for burning the debris, we’re cheering for you by drinking your tea” (EX-SKF, Feb. 2, 2012):
This is just absolutely sickening.
Shimada City in Shizuoka Prefecture, whose mayor is deeply involved in the corruption over waste management in the city, has decided to go ahead with test burning of the disaster debris from Iwate Prefecture against fierce opposition from the city residents and citizens in neighboring cities and prefectures. The ashes after incineration will be buried in the final disposal site for regular garbage and industrial waste in the city.
To reward such an exemplary behavior, joyous Goshi Hosono, Minister of the Environment, tells the city that he has made green tea from Shimada City as the drink at the ministry.
From Jiji Tsushin (2/3/2012):
「島田のお茶」でエール＝がれきの試験焼却受け－細野環境相
“We’re cheering for you by drinking your tea”, says Minister Hosono to Shimada City for its decision to test burn the debris
Tags: Environment, Fukushima, Global News, Goshi Hosono, Government, Health, Japan, Nuclear, Nuclear reactors, Politics, Radiation, Society
- #Fukushima I Nuke Plant “Cold Shutdown” Effect (2): No More Joint Press Conference on the Fukushima Accident (EX-SKF, Dec. 20, 2011):
where the reporters get to ask questions to TEPCO and the relevant government ministries and agencies that deal with the accident, all in one room. The joint press conference, which has at least helped keep some politicians and bureaucrats honest or hold them accountable, is not only over for the month of December but over for good.
Why? Because the accident is declared by the prime minister of Japan to have been over, and the members of the Press Club has had enough, according to Ryusaku Tanaka, an independent journalist who’s been covering the Fukushima accident from the beginning.
From the blog of Ryusaku Tanaka (12/16/2011):
「冷温停止宣言」以上に頭が凍りつきそうになる発表が細野大臣の口からあった。「政府と東電の合同記者会見は今回（16日）で最後にする」というのだ。
There was a remark from Minister Hosono which was more chilling than the declaration of cold shutdown. He said, “Today (December 16) is the last day of the government/TEPCO joint press conference.”
Tags: Environment, Fukushima, Global News, Goshi Hosono, Government, Health, Japan, Nuclear, Nuclear reactors, Politics, Radiation, TEPCO
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- Japan declares tsunami-crippled nuke plant stable (USA Today/AP, Dec. 16, 2011):
TOKYO (AP) – The tsunami-devastated Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant has reached a stable state of “cold shutdown” and is no longer leaking substantial amounts of radiation, Japan’s prime minister announced Friday.
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda’s announcement marks a milestone nine months after the March 11 tsunami sent three reactors at the plant into meltdowns in the worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl.
But experts noted the plant remains vulnerable to more problems and it will take decades to decommission.
“The reactors at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant have reached a state of cold shutdown,” Noda told a Cabinet meeting.
Tags: Environment, Fukushima, Global News, Goshi Hosono, Government, Health, Japan, Nuclear, Nuclear reactors, Politics, Radiation, Society
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