The following is a continuation of the previous chapter.
Standing up is a national disaster, sitting down is a manufactured disaster, and walking around is a reputational disaster.
At that time, this kind of ridicule of Kan was prevalent on the Internet.
It can say that Kan has taken the lead in spreading rumors about Fukushima Prefecture.
He said, "(The area around the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant) will be uninhabitable for 10 to 20 years.
Mr. Kan told Kenichi Matsumoto, then Chief Cabinet Counselor, and spread the image of Fukushima as a dangerous place.
On April 15, when he was offered strawberries and cucumbers by a delegation from the Japan Agricultural Cooperatives (JA-Fukushima), which had visited the Prime Minister's Office to dispel harmful rumors, he suddenly asked in front of the TV cameras, "Is it safe to eat them as they are?
It appeared as if the prime minister was scared of the radioactive contamination of vegetables.
It is not dispelling harmful rumors but rather encouraging them.
As one ministry official spat, "I really hope Kan-san will quit soon. As long as the prime minister is replaced, it doesn't matter if it's Sadakazu Tanigaki, then president of the Liberal Democratic Party, or a member of the Democratic Party of Japan. I don't mind the ministers as they are now, but I want Kan to be replaced.
A high-ranking government official also spoke openly.
Even in this crisis, it is better to replace the prime minister. It doesn't matter who succeeds him, even if it is then Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda. Since the crisis will continue for a while, I seriously think that it should replace Kan.
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