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Use your vote to dismantle shields that protect nuclear firms from post-Fukushima liability

Walled off from future liability: A worker measures radiation in the air as employees prepare to attempt to create a frozen underground wall to surround the crippled reactor buildings at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant earlier this month. | BLOOMBERG

Special To The Japan Times

Jul 23, 2014

To the Japanese public,

On Dec. 6, the contentious state secrets bill was rammed through the House of Councilors. No parties included this law in their manifesto in the last election, and it's highly doubtful that its enforcement reflects the will of yourselves, the voters.

No convincing measures have yet been taken to prevent the arbitrary classification and concealment of valuable information from the public. I believe this new law will reinforce the shields that already protect nuclear power companies such as General Electric (GE), Hitachi and Toshiba.

Use your vote to dismantle shields that protect nuclear firms from post-Fukushima liability

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