On January 30, 2013, following News 23’s report on China’s air pollution, the author highlights how political incompetence turned Fukushima into “Fukushima.” He exposes South Korea’s pro-nuclear claims, the recruitment of Japanese engineers, and the dangers of arbitrary governments to humanity. Citing Umesao Tadao’s insight into “bottomless evil” and “plausible lies,” the essay questions the true meaning of anti-nuclear advocacy.

A critical analysis of the Japanese government’s handling of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster and the subsequent anti-nuclear sentiment and solar power business. The essay contrasts Japan’s situation with the nuclear power promotion in neighboring countries, using air pollution from China as an example. It links the severe air pollution to what anthropologist Tadao Umesao called “unfathomable evil” and “plausible lies,” arguing for a more global perspective on these issues.

2013-01-30

Last night, “News 23” reported on the severity of China’s air pollution.
Moreover, it also reported that today those terrible polluted substances would reach Japan.

Regarding Fukushima, I was the first in Japan to point out that it was the circumstances of that administration… the way the government was formed, the situation and character of the prime minister at the time, that turned Fukushima into “Fukushima.”
As a result of Fukushima becoming “Fukushima,” Japan once again shrank back more than necessary.

Taking advantage of this gap—or rather, fanning it further—an entrepreneur succeeded in making the government buy solar power at the world’s highest price, and then went on to say in Korea that Korean nuclear power is good, while Japanese nuclear power is bad.
In other words, he revealed his true colors.

Japan, absorbed in Tokyo Electric bashing, was once again caught in the foolishness of the past twenty years.

If South Korea’s nuclear technology were truly superior, then this would be the very moment to prove it—not by trying to recruit a mass of Japanese nuclear engineers and establishing a government-backed office in Tokyo.

After all, anywhere on Earth, if you dig down 1,000 meters, hot springs will gush forth.
In other words, beneath lies the blazing mantle.
We humans are living on top of such a mysterious object as the Earth itself.

To say that Japan’s nuclear power is no good while Korea’s nuclear power is good is nothing but childish talk from kindergarteners.
Moreover, in terms of technological standards, the world’s common sense is to consider Korean nuclear power more dangerous than Japanese nuclear power.

This is clear from the statements of South Korean government officials, frantically securing and scouting for talent.
“Japanese technology is several times superior to Korean technology. That is why we want you to come to Korea.”

What turned Fukushima into “Fukushima” was the fact that there is no such thing as absolute safety in technology, and that if the administration in power is truly incompetent, things will always turn into something outrageous.

An arbitrary administration constantly threatens world peace and the survival of humankind, as is being proven moment by moment in various parts of the world even now.
We are shown every day, across the globe, how politicians whose essence is composed of vulgarity and mediocrity become endless obstacles to humanity.

What does the severity of China’s air pollution signify?
As Japan’s great intellect Umesao Tadao pointed out—the manifestation of “bottomless evil” and “plausible lies”—that is the true nature behind such unbelievable pollution.

It is a well-known fact that neighboring Korea and China are steadily advancing nuclear power.
They are moving forward one after another with new nuclear power plant construction.

At such a time, what meaning is there in merely raising voices of anti-nuclear sentiment, without properly considering the causes that turned Fukushima into “Fukushima”?
If one wishes to devote their life to anti-nuclear activism, then in today’s shrinking world, they ought to fly to Korea and China and raise their voices there to the utmost.

If they do not, needless to say, anti-nuclear advocacy has no meaning.
When something happens, radiation will immediately fly across borders—that goes without saying.
Even those polluted substances are attacking Japan’s skies today.