Murata-san:
International Action for Tokyo 2020 Olympics Rad Risk
UPDATE: Amb. Murata Letter to Amb. Kennedy
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“Dr. Rima, Counsel Ralph and I support Amb. Murata’s call for a neutral international commission to investigate the safety of the proposed 2020 Tokyo Olympics, considering the ongoing crisis at Fukushima.” – Maj. Gen. Bert Stubblebine (US Army, Ret.) President of the Natural Solutions Foundation.
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Tell decision makers here: http://tinyurl.com/fukushimahope
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Mitsuhei Murata
Executive Director, Japan Society for Global System and Ethics
Former Japanese Ambassador to Switzerland
T o k y o, Japan
Dr. Thomas Bach
President of the International Olympic Committee
Chateau de Vidy, 1007 Lausanne / Switzerland
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Tokyo, June 15, 2015
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Dear President Thomas Bach,
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Allow me to send you a letter, motivated by my sense of mission to inform you of the worsening situation in Fukushima, which regrettably is being downplayed by our Government and does not seem to be well known internationally. My own concerns and that of many critical citizens are the planned Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2020.
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Contrary to the assurances of the Japanese Government and the Tokyo Electric Power Company, TEPCO, the situation at the site of the Fukushima – Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant is not at all under control. Many of us therefore feel that the Olympic Summer Games under these circumstances should be cancelled and the preparations abandoned. Not only do we have a continued contamination of the groundwater and the Pacific Ocean by the unstable plant, but the brittle structure of the damaged plant represents itself a serious threat, in particular in our earthquake prone region. Given the relative proximity of Tokyo, just some 200km South of Fukushima, represents in my view an ongoing risk for our largest city, for its citizens and all visitors. You might agree that one more alarming development as the recent earthquake of magnitude 8.1 just some weeks ago might indeed increase the pressure to stop the planning process of the 2020 games all together.
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I would like to urge you to discuss sending to Japan independent experts to assess the current and future risk situation emanating from the damaged nuclear plant. Personally I believe, that the IOC cannot and should not take on the responsibility to plan for the Olympic games in a region where daily 7000 workers are attempting to clean up a contaminated nuclear reactor. The meltdown of three of the four reactor cores in Fukushima, where the contamination is clearly not under control and where a natural disaster as an earthquake quickly could increase the danger, in my opinion should strongly advocate restraint.
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I could gladly cooperate with you and could also help finding independent scientists and experts, who could assist the IOC assessing the current situation and the future risks. In this regard allow me to copy some Physician friends of mine. They are part of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War IPPNW (Peace Nobel Prize 1985) and with others have repeatedly issued critical statements on the poor management of the serious nuclear power plant accident in Fukushima.
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Please allow me to count on your understanding and support.
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With highest regards,
Mitsuhei Murata
Former Ambassador of Japan to Switzerland
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Cc: Dr. M. Vosseler, MD; Prof. A. Nidecker; MD IPPNW Switzerland
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Previous blogs from Murata-san:
http://drrimatruthreports.com/murata-san-international-community-ignoring-fukushima/
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Ambassador Murata’s Letter to Ambassador Kennedy
June 23, 2015
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Dear Ambassador Caroline Kennedy,
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The New York Times has published the editorial of the Asahi News Paper of June 17 that denies categorically that Fukushima is under control. http://ajw.asahi.com/article/views/editorial/AJ201506170050 )
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It could bring about an impact that could oblige the IOC to reassure the safety of Tokyo.
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I am sending you two articles of the Tokyo News Paper about my speech on maternal civilization in Onjuku, Chiba, made on June 21, on the occasion of the establishment of the Onjuku Network that aims at strengthening the role of women. The initiative is taken by Ms. Yuriko Kuronuma, an internationally known violinist, who supports my thinking. Paternal culture, characterized by competition, severity, power, resort to force etc. leads to catastrophes, whereas maternal culture, characterized by harmony, tolerance, philosophy, dialogue etc. is indispensable to safeguard peace.
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[Amb. Murata’s Sendai Speech: http://drrimatruthreports.com/murata-san-un-world-conference-on-disaster-risk-reduction-in-sendai/]
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I sense a new change in the making in line with the new initiative of Pope Francis calling for restauration of morality.
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Encouraged by this, I continue to pin hopes on the eventual initiative of President Obama in favor of a UN Ethics Summit.?
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With highest and warmest regards,
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Mitsuhei Murata
