Spreading radioactive rubble around Japan

"Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains." - Jean-Jacques Rousseau

The federal Japanese government is trying to convince prefectures and cities all around Japan to accept radioactive rubble for either incineration or disposal in landfills. They are using the loaded word "Kizuna"(meaning "bond" in English) to invoke nationalistic sentiment and are saying that Northeastern Japan alone cannot handle the rubble from the disaster, so other prefectures and cities should accept their share to support Japan's recovery from the disaster. Due to the lack of specialized equipment at these facilities for handling radioactive contaminated materials, this will undoubtedly result in spreading radioactive contamination well beyond the areas already contaminated by the accident.

Here is the status of prefectures/cities accepting radioactive rubble from the 3.11 earthquake.
http://one-world.happy-net.jp/ukeire/

It is hard to piece together the thinking behind such madness, but there is a consistent picture being painted. The Japanese federal government has stated numerous times that the accident will have no direct impact to health (this will be Edano's legacy to the Japanese people). However, people do have their own brains and the result of individuals voting against the government's stance with their wallets has resulted in severe economic impact to the area. The government cannot deny the impact, but they can put their own label on it, so they call the cause "baseless rumors." With that established, what better way to reduce the baseless rumors than by creating the same condition throughout Japan? Since the government does not have the capability to reduce the absolute radioactive contamination of Fukushima, they will reduce the relative radioactive contamination instead. If this were really about processing rubble, they would concentrate disposal in a single area that had adequate investment in appropriate infrastructure that could safely incinerate the radioactive rubble. No, this is about being "right" to the bitter end, facts be damned.

And while the Japanese government and mainstream media dance to the same tune of "everything is safe, nothing to see here, folks," there are more than 1500 spent fuel rods in the crippled No.4's fuel pool. If something goes wrong at that apocalyptic looking building, the whole of Eastern Japan could become too contaminated by radiation for even the Japanese government to pretend everything is safe anymore. However, for the most part, the government and media have been successful in creating this mass delusion of normalcy. It is a lie, but one that has been made plausible through mass belief.  At the same time, people who do not believe what the government is saying and who are being cautious or questioning the safety of the situation do so at the risk of ostracization or being deemed insane by their own family. 

I must say that it is a very sad thing to see, after all of these years, for the Japanese government to resort to the same cheap tricks and propaganda that was used during World War II. There was a special word used for "outsider" ("Hikokumin") and those who question the governments current actions today face similar style of labeling. 

However, I believe that though this disaster has brought out the worst of the Japanese government, likewise, it will bring out the best of the Japanese people. People are starting to stand up and express their concerns. Many more will have to rise up for change to actually occur, but in Japan prime ministers come and go while lasting change comes from the bottom up.