This is really a piercing comment. I agree with him. Ichiro Ozawa uses denuclearization as policy
platform simply because he can come to power.
Reality is so pathetic that I want to be thinking that Mr. Taro Yamamoto
is the only person who seriously tries to stop operating nuclear power
plants. However, unless we grab an
administration away from the LDP/New Komeito/JPD and Ishin no Kai, they will
revive nuclear power policy and, additionally, they will bring about a war.
Masatoshi
Takeshita
December
4, 2012
Naoto Amaki – a former Japanese diplomat
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English translation of an excerpt from a Japanese
article: Blog of Amaki Naoto – December 4, 2012 –
There
Can Be No Denuclearization Without Departure from Subordination to U.S.
The main subject of the
coming general election is denuclearization.
It seems to me that no political party seriously
tries to realize it.
Rather, no political party voicing an objection
to denuclearization seems to realize how difficult it is to realize it.
Real difficulty of
denuclearization does not arise in finding new energy source or showing
operation schedule.
Once political decision on denuclearization
is made, such thing is possible by gathering wisdom from all fields and addressing
it with desperation.
What matters is to make
political decision on denuclearization.
And such decision cannot
be made unless we become independent from subordination to U.S.
The Mainichi Shimbun, dated December 4, has
run an important article titled “Denuclearization: Seriousness Questioned.”
I have paid attention to the following part
in the article.
“…
The Noda administration set back its “denuclearization” policy because
of strong backlash from the municipalities where nuclear power plants are built
and the business community which is concerned about hollowing out of industry
due to electric bill hike as well as our ally U.S. ……”
Political decision on denuclearization
leads to political decision on Okinawa issue which is symbolized by refusal of deployment
of the Osprey.
Why will it take forever
to solve the Okinawa issue?
That’s because successive
administrations have tried to yield to demands from U.S. while compelling
Okinawa residents to accept them.
That’s because there was no leader who had
will and resolution to tell to the U.S. government a long-cherished wish of
Okinawa residents as the Japanese and to realize it.
Denuclearization and Osprey deployment are
two side of the same coin.
Suffering of Okinawa is the same as that of
Fukushima.
The Japanese government
has prioritized the intention of the U.S. government, turning a deaf ear to
outcry of the people.
I defy such Japanese politics and want to
realize politics in which top priority is given on living and life of the
Japanese.
I want politics which puts
an end to the domination of this country by bureaucrats, cat’s paw of the U.S.
I have supported Ichiro Ozawa who will, I
expect, realize it.
While thinking it is
difficult even for him, I have supported him, hoping that he is the only
politician that can realize it.
It was his turn when he was
found not guilty. However, he brought
out Governor Kada to the forefront. At
that time I felt dubious of it.
When I saw a final lineup of expected
candidates recruited by the Japan Tomorrow Party led by Governor Kada, I felt deeply
disappointed.
This lineup of candidates will not make it
possible to get independent from U.S. and fight against bureaucrats who are
subservient to U.S.
Even if all candidates get elected, they
are good for nothing.
The administration after
the general election, whatever combination it may be, will be a coalition
government consisting of political parties that finely agree with one another
on the point of enhancement of the Japan-U.S. alliance.
There can be no real
denuclearization.
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