Asahi Shimbun and TV Asahi repeatedly highlight the nuclear accident while avoiding its fundamental cause. The accident stemmed from design flaws in GE-made reactors and the failure of the Koizumi administration to respond to official warnings. This essay contrasts media narratives with technical facts, including the integrity of Japan Steel Works reactors and scholarly analysis published in WiLL.

2016-03-13

Not only TV Asahi’s 報道ステーション, but also Asahi Shimbun again featured the nuclear accident on its front page this morning.

Their persistence and maliciousness are truly beyond remedy.

They hardly write at all about why the nuclear accident occurred.

The accident occurred first and foremost because the reactor was manufactured by GE.
At the design stage, there was a serious problem with the placement of emergency power supplies.
After recognizing this flaw, GE and the U.S. government issued warnings to countries using the same equipment.
This was during the administration of 小泉純一郎.
That administration ignored the warnings and failed to implement countermeasures.
This chain of responsibility has been clearly explained to us by 高山正之, the one-and-only journalist of the postwar world.

Anyone who understands the excellence and market share of Japanese companies across multiple industries knows that nuclear reactors cannot be built without the technology of 日本製鋼所.

In the Fukushima accident as well, the reactor components produced by Japan Steel Works were not damaged.

Regarding nuclear power, Professor 奈良林直 of Hokkaido University Graduate School has written a superb paper in the April issue of WiLL.

In order to protect Japan and the Japanese people from the childish and malicious schemes of Asahi Shimbun and the so-called cultural figures who echo it, this will be introduced in the following chapter.