Published on September 19, 2019.
This chapter discusses the reputational damage surrounding Fukushima’s agricultural products, seafood, and treated water, as well as the responsibility of politicians to communicate the truth.
It praises the statements of Osaka Mayor Matsui and Osaka Governor Yoshimura as among the finest political remarks in recent years, while criticizing Koizumi Shinjiro’s remarks as the height of pseudo-moralism.

September 19, 2019.
Furthermore, instead of wasting time uttering empty words for the mass media, Koizumi should have every agricultural and marine product served in his own home be food from Fukushima Prefecture, every day, morning, noon, and night.
The statements by Osaka Mayor Matsui and Osaka Governor Yoshimura are among the finest statements by politicians in recent years, while Koizumi Shinjiro’s statement is the height of pseudo-moralism, or the height of incompetence.
In other words, Koizumi’s remark that we must not hurt the people of Fukushima, a statement that is truly the height of pseudo-moralism, proves that Koizumi Shinjiro is nothing more than an incompetent mere political operator, to the point that he does not even realize that such words only increase harmful rumors about Fukushima.
What Koizumi Shinjiro should do, instead of wasting time making such statements, is continue sending out to the world the fact that the numerical values concerning radioactivity in Fukushima’s atmosphere, Fukushima’s water, and Fukushima’s sea are below international standards.
He should continue sending out to the world the fact that the numerical values concerning radioactivity in Fukushima’s agricultural products and marine products are below international standards.
All the more so, since he is apparently said to have the power to communicate.
Furthermore, instead of wasting time uttering empty words for the mass media, Koizumi should have every agricultural and marine product served in his own home be food from Fukushima Prefecture, every day, morning, noon, and night.
If he truly has the power to communicate, he should continue communicating that fact every day, both domestically and internationally.
If you truly always keep the people of Fukushima in your heart, then that, no, that alone, is what you should do.
He should communicate that the treated water from the nuclear power plant is at the same level as that of nuclear-power nations throughout the world, or even below that level.
Nevertheless, the reason only Fukushima has been unable to discharge it into the sea is the opposition movement by the Asahi Shimbun, NHK, and others, together with the political operators and left-wing people who agree with them.
He should also communicate the concern that they may be under the influence of China and the Korean Peninsula, which want to degrade Japan’s nuclear technology.
Speaking of communicative power, this incident has informed not only all of Japan but also decent people throughout the world that he has no communicative power at all.
What he has are only foolish, show-off remarks aimed at the media.
The ones who possess true communicative power, moreover, a powerful communicative power worthy of true politicians, are Mr. Matsui and Mr. Yoshimura.
This essay continues.