(AGI) Tokyo - Naoto Kan said that Japan is facing "the most serious crisis since World War II." He added that the country will manage "to overcome this tragedy and recover." Under pressure over his handling of the crisis the prime minister spoke to the nation struck by the earthquake and the threat of a nuclear catastrophe. The premier said: "After World War II we had miraculous economic growth thanks to the efforts of the Japanese people and this is how Japan was built." He went on to praise the reaction and behaviour of his people during the tragedy, observing that the country is receiving "global support" and adding that there is "no time to be pessimistic." He recognised that the situation at the Fukushima Daiichi plant is "very serious," and praised the efforts of all those, including the police and fire brigade, who are risking their lives to resolve the situation. Kan also added that the government has hidden nothing from the people, explaining: "we have told the public everything. We have shared what we know with the international community." . .
Japan has gone without effective leadership for so long, with an endless procession of faceless prime ministers and their cabinets, that it has made political dysfunction look almost like well-practised art. But this crisis has shone a pitiless light on that failure. Mr Kan, who has promised political change, now needs to bring it about. Japan’s people can help, adopting a different attitude to their government. Stoicism―however good for coping with adversity―is bad for bringing on change. Time for the Japanese to unleash some righteous anger on a system that has let them down.
The arrangement can be worked out. Good enough, Nigeria and Niger have the natural resources, Japan has the science and technology. It’s a symbiotic relationship. If they wish, there could be gradual assimilation (not of the colonial French model in Africa). We could jointly control the political system as well as the economic system, in the long run. But they would necessarily need to start as an independent nation in Africa in order to respect their identity – the Japanese cherish their identity, culture and heritage. And so we could offer them land and form a customs union. The relationship should ensure that within a decade or two, we all attain the status of developed nations. This is no fantasy; it’s no hallucination. Japan needs to relocate without further delay…
I have just come out of a closed door meeting of the ASN [the French Nuclear Safety Authority, ed].
One of the top man at the agency desribed to me the current sutation at the FUKUSHIMA plant.
He is not allowed to divulge what I am about to tell you.
He has asked to "go forth and tell the truth"; while there is still time to save lives:
Reactor 1 has gone through a full metdown 4 days ago.
The containment has been breached.
The lower part of the reactor has completely melted away.
Radioactive fuel has breached the bottom of the nuclear plant, and is seeping into the ground.
This is the reason why, water contamination is getting worse by the hour.
The current situation of plant 3, is nearing the same process.
He told me that the situation is extremely critical, and that there is no possibility to stop, until now, this irreversible process in plant 2,3.
As for plant 4, it is believed that the nuclear spent rods are close to meltdown, the temperature at the empty spent pool is of 450 degrees.
I hope this information will be of service, notably to those living in Japan.