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https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20230824/k10014172021000.html https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20230824/k10014172021000.ht... and also https://www.meti.go.jp

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20230824/k10014172021000.html https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20230824/k10014172021000.ht... and also https://www.meti.go.jp/english/earthquake/nuclear/decommissioning/pdf/20200210_alps.pdf https://www.meti.go.jp/english/earthquake/nuclear/decommissi... They seems to be more willing to put money on propaganda instead of actually dealing with the problem. Just check the page 7. - Discharge into the sea: 3.4 billion yen - Vapor release: 34.9 billion yen - Hydrogen release: 100 billion yen - Underground burial: 243.1 billion yen And for propaganda, 70 billion yen

freetime2 3y ago
Japan has spent more than ¥4 trillion on the decontamination effort so far. So it's definitely not true that they have spent more on propaganda than "actually dealing with the problem". > Total decontamination costs have exceeded 4 trillion yen as of the end of December. Going forward, additional costs are projected to grow by trillions of yen. [1] Is ¥70 billion a lot? Sure. But to put it in perspective, more than $14 billion (¥2 trillion) was spent on federal election campaigns in the US in 2020 [2]. Gaining public favor is expensive in a democratic country. And misinformation is a real problem with real costs (e.g. to Japan’s fishing industry) - so it makes sense economically as well as politically. [1] https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Fukushima-Anniversary/Fukushima-cleanup-costs-swell-with-no-end-in-sight https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Fukushima-Anniversary/Fuku... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campaign_finance_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campaign_finance_in_the_United...