"Do NOT come to Fukushima
and do NOT eat the food products!" - Support evacuation instead!
(translation by Mia June)
Mr. Shigenobu Inamura’s speech,
bravely using his real name at an anti-nuclear rally in front of METI
(Government building) on 29/3/2013
Mr. Inamura has been living in
Tokyo for 30 years. He was born to a family who used to run the Geisha house in
the Hot Spring area in Nihonmatsu-City which is in Fukushima Prefecture.
This is what he had to say;
“We want you to remember
Fukushima but please don’t come to Fukushima! and do not eat Fukushima
products!
If you visit Fukushima, you are supporting
the Japanese government’s misleading safety campaign that helps to establish
that Fukushima is a safe place to live, hence, the children of Fukushima will
not be evacuated out of Fukushima.
If you eat Fukushima products, in
the same way, you are helping to establish that Fukushima food is safe. Then
the Fukushima children are coerced to eat the radioactively contaminated local
food at school lunch.
On the TVS morning program,
Minomonta, The TV presenter showed statistics of the decreasing sale of
Fukushima products, saying it was because of “Fuhyo Higai” (Harmful rumor, see
below) He sounded like he was supporting Fukushima farmers. I feel pity for Fukushima farmers, but I think
it’s a consumer’s right to feel concerned about Fukushima products.”
Also he wanted to share what he
heard from people who work in the Forest Industry. He felt deeply touched by
their words;
“They said they just need to wait
patiently and let the land to heal from the radioactive contamination by
itself, and hope for the best.
Removing the radioactive
contamination from the leaf molds is impossible. And anyway, getting rid of the
leaf molds would be detrimental to the environment because the most important
aspect of the leaf molds is that the forests water retention capability would
be lost if the mold were removed.
Therefore, decontamination of the
forest wouldn’t work for us. We would lose our jobs. Fukushima prefecture is
70-80% mountainous. If they decontaminate the land, they need to do all of it
(according to what he described, it’s impossible) or Japan admits the extent of
the contamination in Fukushima prefecture and acts accordingly. That's the only
way to show the world our sincerity, and then we can only start to gain our
trust from the rest of the world.”
(Editor’s comment)
”Fuhyo Higai” means harmful rumor
(by the Japanese government). This word has been used a great deal to cover-up
the real danger of ionizing radiation in food grown in Japan by the media and
the central/local governments. They say it’s safe without any belivable
transparency. The Japanese food authority checks only about 10% of the food!
Furthermore, they only check for the isotopes iodine131 and cesium134/137. As
an aside, most food authorities in the world do not check for other types of
isotopes either.)
A response to Mr. Inamura’s
speech from the listener of the video.
“I had a friend who was a farmer
in Fukushima Prefecture. I used to buy, and enjoy, eating his products.
After the disaster, I suggested
him to come to the West of Japan to work on the land and rice fields. After a
while he sent me his products, I think it was a thank you gift for my
suggestion. However, I didn’t feel like eating them and had to throw them away.
I felt sad about doing that. I didn’t know what to say to him afterwards.
I haven’t heard from him since.
So sadly, we lost our friendship and our contact. I would like to use this blog
to express some thoughts.
Those experienced farmers in
Fukushima prefecture deserve a second chance. They should be given a piece of
land in the West and South of Japan that has not been used for a long time. I’m
sure they will be able to contribute to our farming industry. What on earth are
the Government and Farm Ministry doing to help people in Fukushima and save our
country?”
(Editor’s comment)
*Current allowable amount of
ionizing radiation in food in Japan is 100Bq/Kg (for cesium). Most of
Japanese people including farmers think 100Bq/kg is a safe limit. However
Japanese rice before the Fukushima disaster only used to contain 0.01-0.1Bq/kg
of cesium. In other words it is 1000 times more radioactively contaminated.
*Becquerel is a unit indicating
the amount of radioactivity emitted coming from radioactive decay in an atom
per second. One of main radioactive materials, Cesium* is used to measure the
amount of allowable radiation in the food. So for example if you consume 100g
of rice that contains cesium 100BQ/kg, Cesium will keep emitting radiation 10 times per second (86400times a day), damaging nearby cells
whilst it is decaying, that is, until it is eliminated out of the body.
*Some farmers try to find a way
of maintaining their farming by experimenting and using “EM”=effective
microorganisms. http://newsoul.blog25.fc2.com/blog-entry-398.html
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