The situation in Japan is 'shakey,' not unlike the March 11th earthquake. Politically, many in Japan are blaming Prime Minister Kan for the nuclear debacle. He will probably have to resign soon. However, it was TEPCO (the company that owns the reactors) that did not respond to Kan's urging to act quickly after the devastating tsuami. (The Associated Press: How first 24 hours shaped Japan's nuclear crisis) Even though the Japanese media did not mentioned it much, the US military acted quickly to help the victims, especially on the Island of Oshima. (Operation Tomodachi: Local Marine helps in Japanese quake, tsunami aftermath - Midland Daily News: News)
The situation continues to not only be 'shakey,' but even very dangerous. The radiation in certain parts of Japan, namely Fukushima, is too high for people to safely live. (YouTube - Daily life in Fukushima: 'It was like visiting another universe') A Greenpeace activist, Jan Beranek, says in the video, "I personally find it very disturbing, because on the one hand you see the Japanese authorities forcing people and society to get back to normal... And yet at the same time there are still extremely high levels of radiation and the contamination of the soil, and also potentially in the food.... This is just unbelievable because at those levels of exposure it certainly poses a risk to the lives and health of the people. If you draw a parallel to the Chernobyl disaster, then actually the Soviets decided to evacuate everyone living in the place, where radiation was three or four times lower than what we see in Fukushima City today.... We've actually forced the government to, for example, extend the monitoring of the sea. And we also hear that the government is now revising at least some of the protective measures for children, which is definitely good to see. Yet the government is too slow and doing too little." When we drove to the devastated area, we actually drove through this city of Fukushima. We were only there for minutes. The people who live there have been there for months.
Do pray for Japan! That real radiation data would get to the people, so that they would be able to make wise decisions. That the assistance the people need would get to the victims through His people and even through miraculous means. That the glory of Christ would be known and believed especially in the tsunami devastated areas of northeastern Japan.
