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Gary MacLennan writes:
> We all hope that David's pronouncement about the situation at Fukushima
> stabilising prove to be true. Whatever one's stance on nuclear power there
> is no room for schadenfreude here. The alternative to the plant being
> brought under control is just too horrible to contemplate. But the latest
> from the live Al Jazeera blog plus what Lajany has posted from the BBC site
> would suggest that the situation is currently not yet stable.
>
A foreign resident of Japan whom I know just went to the local immigration
office to process some paperwork before planned evacuation tomorrow. The
immigration official at hand advised that those who have the means ought to get
out of the country, and fast if at all possible. The official described his own
position as "akirameru shikanai", which translates in this context to him being
resigned to his fate. And this in a western region of Japan which is too far
from Tohoku to feel the shaking of the quake.
Even though I have been a refugee once before in my life, what is happening to
the people of Japan today after the combined earthquake and nuclear disasters
is
one of the saddest things I have ever witnessed.
Lajany Otum
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