Let's Take Actions by Ourselves!

I was impressed by the article of The New York Times, “Citizens’ Testing Finds 29 Hot Spots Around Tokyo”, reminds me that we are still in a serious situation caused by the March 11 disaster. From this article, we can find the situation had not become better and no issues have been fundamentally resolved yet. Reading this interesting story, I had three opinions in my mind.

First of all, actions with our own consideration are important especially in case we can’t rely on the government or leaders of the organizations we belong to. I respect the citizens’ group who tested the radiation level by themselves. From many failures and unfavorable attitudes, we are completely disappointed at the government. We can’t trust it anymore. When we know the government’s impossibility, we don’t have to wait any more. We have to take action by ourselves and we can do that.

Second, the writer mentioned that the main Japanese media ignore the data shown by such research and do not inform in articles. If that is true, we can’t trust the Japanese media, either. I know some shocking data about radioactive cesium in some area by TV news. So I believe the Japanese media does not completely ignore the truth. But if there are more data to be informed and ignored by the major media, and the government, we have to find the important data by ourselves. To maximize the antenna sensibility, we have to take notice of foreign media like this New York Times, Websites of individual experts and citizens’ groups, etc. Even if we are not the type to take action by ourselves as I recommended above, we can start to collect information.

Third, in this era full of danger and lack of reliable government, enterprises should be powerful leaders to overcome the difficult situation. They should support independent challengers, like the groups mentioned in this article, both economically and technically. Contributing to the society will be also beneficial to enterprises themselves, because social needs are tips for innovation and can bring new business.