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What is behind promoting a "frightening" policy for renewable energy and the Kono family?
What is behind promoting a "top priority" policy for renewable energy that threatens bureaucrats in a weak position and destroys Japanese industry?
What is behind the Kono family's intention behind the actions that benefit China?
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Promotion of "intimidation" of renewable energy and the Kono family｜Tadashi Narabayashi | Hanada Plus
The plating has been peeled off, and the metal of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) has come out!
If "Kono becomes prime minister," Japan is in danger of decline or even extinction.
Taro Kono has not sealed the nuclear power plant phase-out.
When the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy (Ene Agency) explained to Taro Kono, Minister of State for Administrative Reform, at an online meeting on Tuesday, August 24, 2021, an official sent us the audio data of Minister Kono's "argument" statement, so we checked the contents. (Currently, it is available on the official channel of "Bunshun Online," so anyone can listen.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7mhGqYjdWI）
On September 10, at a press conference announcing his candidacy for LDP president and in a subsequent debate, Taro Kono responded to a question about nuclear power plant phase-out by saying, "We will confirm the safety (of nuclear power plants) and restart those that can be used and use them.
We assure you that Mr. Kono does not "seal the nuclear power plant removal" at all.
The following is a step-by-step explanation of the contents of the too-terrible "frightening" voice.
On September 10, at a press conference announcing his candidacy for LDP president and in a subsequent debate, Taro Kono responded to a question about nuclear power plant phase-out by saying, "We will confirm the safety (of nuclear power plants) and restart those that can be used and use them.
We assure you that Mr. Kono does not "seal the nuclear power plant removal" at all.
The following is a step-by-step explanation of the contents of the too-terrible "frightening" voice.
1] About the capacity market, which encourages standby operation of thermal power plants to back up fluctuations in renewable energy.
The capacity market refers to a mechanism to secure supply capacity, such as thermal power plants, to avoid power shortages.
It is a mechanism to prevent significant blackouts from occurring when renewable energy increases.
Energy Agency: I am very sorry that we cannot accept the idea of freezing the capacity market or deleting that sentence altogether.
Minister Kono: Then I cannot accept it! Okay, next.
Ene Agency: However, Minister, no system is perfect, so I would like to correct that we will constantly review the system to make it more efficient.
Minister Kono: I understand! Okay, but I cannot accept it, so go on; I don't have time.
Since the construction of power plants, including but not limited to nuclear power plants, requires a long lead time (the time needed from the start of a process until all processes are completed), this system is necessary to encourage investment by making it easier to predict the long-term return on investment, and it is a system that has already been proven in the United Kingdom, France, and the United States.
Mr. Kono's denial of this system makes Japan's core energy source extremely vulnerable since he denies the critical measure of ensuring a balance between the supply and demand of electricity and preventing blackouts.
(For more information on the capacity market, please refer to the website of the Organization for the Promotion of Wide-Area Management of Electricity (OCCTO).https://www.occto.or.jp/market-board/market/）
2] Request to revise (delete) the phrase "sustainably utilize the necessary scale" regarding nuclear energy.
Ene Agency: Regarding nuclear power as a whole, please look at page 18. Please refer to page 18 for the text on "sustainable use of the necessary scale," we discussed this with Minister Kajiyama, but he said he could not agree to the change.
Minister Kono: Okay, I cannot accept it either. Okay, next.
Minister Kono: Okay, I cannot accept it either. Okay, next.
There is no solution other than the sustained use of the required scale of nuclear power plants to achieve carbon neutrality (CN), which means net zero carbon dioxide emissions by 2050.
Providing 100% of electricity from renewable energy sources, whose output fluctuates with the weather, is neither technically nor economically feasible, and no country in the world has yet achieved such a goal.
Even if renewable energy were to become the primary source of electricity, a certain percentage of supplementary (backup) power sources would be necessary as a matter of practical policy.
Energy should be secured by combining multiple sources of supply and hedging risks, a strategy used in the U.S. and other Western European countries connected by power transmission grids.
The Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) has researched such common-sense matters, and there is no way that METI Minister Kajiyama would approve of such a strategy.
If Taro Kono becomes prime minister, he will forcefully pursue a "renewable energy priority policy" that is completely unfeasible, and there is a very high risk that Japan will experience a series of significant power outages. The economy will collapse.
Providing 100% of electricity from renewable energy sources, whose output fluctuates with the weather, is neither technically nor economically feasible, and no country in the world has yet achieved such a goal.
Even if renewable energy were to become the primary source of electricity, a certain percentage of supplementary (backup) power sources would be necessary as a matter of practical policy.
Energy should be secured by combining multiple sources of supply and hedging risks, a strategy used in the U.S. and other Western European countries connected by power transmission grids.
The Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) has researched such common-sense matters, and there is no way that METI Minister Kajiyama would approve of such a strategy.
If Taro Kono becomes prime minister, he will forcefully pursue a "renewable energy priority policy" that is completely unfeasible, and there is a very high risk that Japan will experience a series of significant power outages. The economy will collapse.
3] Renewable energy ratio target. (Minister Kono demanded that the Ene Agency raise the ratio from 22-24% to 36-38%, which was previously 22-24%, and further to 38% or more)
Energy Agency: I would like to leave the original proposal as it is in terms of taking responsibility as an administrative agency.
Minister Kono: No, no, the government will do it, not an administrative agency; it's a cabinet decision.
Energy Agency: um, the draft, right?
Minister Kono: If the cabinet meeting isn't a madhouse, then in Japanese, the Japanese language is 36-38% or more, isn't it?
Ene Agency: Well, let's see, we have to build up policy support,
Minister Kono: So it's more than 36-38, right?
Ene Agency: no, it's about 36-38 by building up.
Minister Kono: If it piles up to 36-38, the above includes 36-38. Let's get someone who understands Japanese, then!
Energy Agency: Well, we've been working on the degree, so we've accumulated up to this point:
Minister Kono: If this is not the upper limit or the cap, it's written in Japanese as 36-38 or more.
Energy Agency: It is not a ceiling or a cap, so if we expect a higher figure, we may adjust and lower the other levels. So, with that, we have reflected the opinions of the Cabinet Office.
Minister Kono: No, no, next, next.
Minister Kono: No, no, the government will do it, not an administrative agency; it's a cabinet decision.
Energy Agency: um, the draft, right?
Minister Kono: If the cabinet meeting isn't a madhouse, then in Japanese, the Japanese language is 36-38% or more, isn't it?
Ene Agency: Well, let's see, we have to build up policy support,
Minister Kono: So it's more than 36-38, right?
Ene Agency: no, it's about 36-38 by building up.
Minister Kono: If it piles up to 36-38, the above includes 36-38. Let's get someone who understands Japanese, then!
Energy Agency: Well, we've been working on the degree, so we've accumulated up to this point:
Minister Kono: If this is not the upper limit or the cap, it's written in Japanese as 36-38 or more.
Energy Agency: It is not a ceiling or a cap, so if we expect a higher figure, we may adjust and lower the other levels. So, with that, we have reflected the opinions of the Cabinet Office.
Minister Kono: No, no, next, next.
Mr. Kono claims 36-38% or more, but as a common sense of "Japanese language," the Energy Agency defines the range of 36-38% as a "degree.
In contrast, "write 38% or more" is just Minister Kono's forceful request to add 38% or more to the renewable energy ratio, and it is clear that, as the common sense of "arithmetic," 38% or more does not include less than 38%.
In the first place, Germany's renewable energy ratio exceeds 40%.
However, the mass of carbon dioxide emitted to obtain 1 kWh of electricity (emission factor (CO2-g/kWh)) is 472 g, not much different from Japan's 570 g.
As shown in the figure below, the countries at the top of this emission coefficient are all hydroelectric and nuclear power producers.
No matter how much Minister Kono demands that renewable energy be prioritized at 38% or higher, even Germany, which has an emission factor of 40% or higher, has hardly reduced its CO2 emissions.
In other words, we must face up to the fact that Germany is an inferior country in terms of emission coefficient.
However, the mass of carbon dioxide emitted to obtain 1 kWh of electricity (emission factor (CO2-g/kWh)) is 472 g, not much different from Japan's 570 g.
As shown in the figure below, the countries at the top of this emission coefficient are all hydroelectric and nuclear power producers.
No matter how much Minister Kono demands that renewable energy be prioritized at 38% or higher, even Germany, which has an emission factor of 40% or higher, has hardly reduced its CO2 emissions.
In other words, we must face up to the fact that Germany is an inferior country in terms of emission coefficient.
4] Remove all renewable energy issues. What about nuclear missile attacks on nuclear power plants?
Minister Kono: I don't need anything else, but using renewable energy is a disadvantage for Japan. There were a lot of entries, such as.
You must have lost it all!
Energy Agency: Regarding the natural situation in which Japan is placed, this is a factual statement on pages 15 and 17.
Minister Kono: So, nuclear power is defenseless against North Korean missile attacks. Japan is too small a place to dump nuclear fuel and spent fuel; write it all down!
Energy Agency: Well, sir, even if you say so.
Minister Kono: Write it all down!
Energy Agency: Based on your comments, you pointed out that we wrote only unfavorable things about renewable energy.
Minister Kono: Why don't you write that coal cannot be extracted in Japan, and natural gas cannot be extracted either, one by one, for each energy source?
Energy Agency: Well, we didn't write down each of them.
Minister Kono: Then why are you only doing that for renewable energy? I'm saying that renewable energy is the top priority.
Energy Agency: Well, uh, it's just that.
Minister Kono: It's evident that spent nuclear fuel is dangerous, isn't it? What would you do if North Korea fired missiles or terrorists attacked your current nuclear power plants?
Ene Agency: Yes, that ......
Minister Kono: I would disapprove of such an arbitrary statement! That's enough!
You must have lost it all!
Energy Agency: Regarding the natural situation in which Japan is placed, this is a factual statement on pages 15 and 17.
Minister Kono: So, nuclear power is defenseless against North Korean missile attacks. Japan is too small a place to dump nuclear fuel and spent fuel; write it all down!
Energy Agency: Well, sir, even if you say so.
Minister Kono: Write it all down!
Energy Agency: Based on your comments, you pointed out that we wrote only unfavorable things about renewable energy.
Minister Kono: Why don't you write that coal cannot be extracted in Japan, and natural gas cannot be extracted either, one by one, for each energy source?
Energy Agency: Well, we didn't write down each of them.
Minister Kono: Then why are you only doing that for renewable energy? I'm saying that renewable energy is the top priority.
Energy Agency: Well, uh, it's just that.
Minister Kono: It's evident that spent nuclear fuel is dangerous, isn't it? What would you do if North Korea fired missiles or terrorists attacked your current nuclear power plants?
Ene Agency: Yes, that ......
Minister Kono: I would disapprove of such an arbitrary statement! That's enough!
It is no secret that when he was Defense Minister, Taro Kono destroyed the Aegis Ashore, thereby making it impossible to prevent North Korea's nuclear missile attack with interceptor missiles.
Threats of nuclear missile attacks on nuclear power plants are a common refrain of opponents of nuclear power plants.
Minister Kono's mind is the same as that of anti-nuclear power groups.
Even Shunichi Tanaka, then chairman of the Nuclear Regulation Authority of Japan (NRA), responded to a question from the opposition in the Diet that nuclear missiles would do much more damage if detonated over a major city than if they were aimed at a pinpoint nuclear power plant.
He threatens to say, "What will you do when North Korea fires missiles at us? He is nothing more than an anti-nuclear minister, saying, "Spent nuclear fuel is not safe.
It is already evident that spent nuclear fuel is dangerous, isn't it? I want to return these intimidating words to Mr. Kono as they are. I want to return the harsh words to Mr. Kono.
It was you who stopped the deployment of Aegis Ashore interceptor missiles. What will you do if North Korea launches a missile at us? You dismissed enemy base attacks as a Showa-era idea, but you made it impossible to intercept the missiles, so you need them, don't you? What are you going to do about it?
The superstructure of the Aegis Ashore with SPY-1 radar in the Lockheed Martin test facility in the U.S. (the main body is underground). The size of the door suggests that this is a large facility.
The Second Kono Statement
Energy supply from nuclear power plants is the most stable energy source, independent of weather conditions.
It is essential to neutralize enemy bases and deploy Aegis Ashore interceptor missiles.
Each nuclear power plant has a Specific Major Accident Response Facility installed in an underground bunker to prepare against aircraft terrorism.
The National Institute for Basic State Policy Studies (NISTPS) further proposes using offshore wind turbines and wire fences as countermeasures against air terrorism and missile attacks.
If a missile strikes the wire fence, it will either explode or destroy the detonator, preventing a direct hit on the plant.
Kono attended the International Conference on the Japan-U.S. Nuclear Agreement and Japan's Plutonium Policy held in Tokyo in February 2017, along with anti-nuclear groups and members of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan.
At the conference, a declaration was issued to "stop the automatic extension of the Japan-U.S. Nuclear Agreement and to stop the start of operation of the Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant and thereby stop the operation of nuclear power plants."
In September 2017, a delegation was dispatched to the U.S. to raise international concerns about Japan's plutonium accumulation.
NHK reported on this in its "Close-Up Today +" program on October 30 of the same year under the title "'Plutonium Superpower' Japan: Growing Concerns Around the World.
The use of the loud voices of influential people in the U.S. to put pressure on the Japanese government is called the "Washington Loudspeaker," NHK's report was widely viewed as an attempt to put pressure on the Abe administration at the time.
The problem lies in the fact that Kono, then Foreign Minister, declared to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that "Japan will reduce plutonium" without being pointed out in any way.
It is a "second Kono Statement," comparable to the "Kono Statement" that Yohei Kono, Kono's father, issued in 1993 when he was Chief Cabinet Secretary. It left a lasting impression on Japan over the wartime comfort women issue.
Suppose the reprocessing plant is not put into operation. In that case, it will be impossible to reduce the volume of spent fuel, and the spent fuel will be directly disposed of in a metal container called a cask, which will require four times as much space for burial. It is why it is essential to operate a reprocessing plant.
Direct disposal requires 100,000 years of burial, and if the casks are damaged, there is a movement to require their recovery.
On the other hand, vitrified waste, which is solidified at a reprocessing plant by separating high-level waste, melting it into glass, and pouring it into a stainless steel container, can be shortened to several thousand years of storage and requires only a repository with a volume one-fourth that of direct disposal.
Again, a reprocessing facility is essential for Japan, a small country.
It is essential to neutralize enemy bases and deploy Aegis Ashore interceptor missiles.
Each nuclear power plant has a Specific Major Accident Response Facility installed in an underground bunker to prepare against aircraft terrorism.
The National Institute for Basic State Policy Studies (NISTPS) further proposes using offshore wind turbines and wire fences as countermeasures against air terrorism and missile attacks.
If a missile strikes the wire fence, it will either explode or destroy the detonator, preventing a direct hit on the plant.
Kono attended the International Conference on the Japan-U.S. Nuclear Agreement and Japan's Plutonium Policy held in Tokyo in February 2017, along with anti-nuclear groups and members of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan.
At the conference, a declaration was issued to "stop the automatic extension of the Japan-U.S. Nuclear Agreement and to stop the start of operation of the Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant and thereby stop the operation of nuclear power plants."
In September 2017, a delegation was dispatched to the U.S. to raise international concerns about Japan's plutonium accumulation.
NHK reported on this in its "Close-Up Today +" program on October 30 of the same year under the title "'Plutonium Superpower' Japan: Growing Concerns Around the World.
The use of the loud voices of influential people in the U.S. to put pressure on the Japanese government is called the "Washington Loudspeaker," NHK's report was widely viewed as an attempt to put pressure on the Abe administration at the time.
The problem lies in the fact that Kono, then Foreign Minister, declared to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that "Japan will reduce plutonium" without being pointed out in any way.
It is a "second Kono Statement," comparable to the "Kono Statement" that Yohei Kono, Kono's father, issued in 1993 when he was Chief Cabinet Secretary. It left a lasting impression on Japan over the wartime comfort women issue.
Suppose the reprocessing plant is not put into operation. In that case, it will be impossible to reduce the volume of spent fuel, and the spent fuel will be directly disposed of in a metal container called a cask, which will require four times as much space for burial. It is why it is essential to operate a reprocessing plant.
Direct disposal requires 100,000 years of burial, and if the casks are damaged, there is a movement to require their recovery.
On the other hand, vitrified waste, which is solidified at a reprocessing plant by separating high-level waste, melting it into glass, and pouring it into a stainless steel container, can be shortened to several thousand years of storage and requires only a repository with a volume one-fourth that of direct disposal.
Again, a reprocessing facility is essential for Japan, a small country.
By burning highly hazardous high-level waste in a fast reactor and converting it to less dangerous elements with shorter half-lives, the storage period can be significantly reduced to 300 years.
It has already been demonstrated in tests in the United States.
Furthermore, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy of the United States proposes a small modular reactor (SMR) called PRISM.
With PRISM, the storage period of high-level waste could be reduced to 300 years while consuming plutonium.
It is the kind of argument that does not even remotely resemble the "warmth" that Kono promised at his press conference as a candidate for the LDP presidency.
It is hazardous for Japan that Mr. Kono, who is arbitrarily advancing on such a path of exile, is sitting in the chair of the prime minister-president.
It is the beginning of tyrannical and despotic politics.
It has already been demonstrated in tests in the United States.
Furthermore, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy of the United States proposes a small modular reactor (SMR) called PRISM.
With PRISM, the storage period of high-level waste could be reduced to 300 years while consuming plutonium.
It is the kind of argument that does not even remotely resemble the "warmth" that Kono promised at his press conference as a candidate for the LDP presidency.
It is hazardous for Japan that Mr. Kono, who is arbitrarily advancing on such a path of exile, is sitting in the chair of the prime minister-president.
It is the beginning of tyrannical and despotic politics.
Smiling selfie with China's press bureau chief, "Tiananmen" badge on his chest
The woman on the right in the two-shot photo uploaded on Facebook by Dr. Yoichi Shimada, a planning committee member, and researcher at the National Institute for Basic State Affairs and professor at Fukui Prefectural University, and which Taro Kono boasts about on Twitter, is Hua Chunying, the press bureau chief of the Chinese Communist Party.
If you look closely at this photo, the brilliant badge on Taro Kono's chest is the badge of the Chinese Communist Party's mecca, Tiananmen Square.
Xi and other members of the Supreme Leadership appeared on top of the Tiananmen Tower during the ceremony marking the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China on July 1 of this year.
Among the suit-clad top leadership members, only Mr. Xi was dressed in a gray people's uniform.
At the foot of Mr. Xi, Tiananmen Square is the site of a vast stage that gives the impression that Mr. Xi is a leader alongside Mr. Mao, dressed in the same attire as the massive portrait of founding father Mao Zedong displayed at Tiananmen Square.
Kono wore a badge depicting Tiananmen Square on his chest and took a selfie with the Communist Party of China's female press secretary, boasting that it was a selfie.
The CCP would applaud him.
Am I the only one who fears that if he becomes LDP president, the LDP will fall into the hands of the CCP?
If you look closely at this photo, the brilliant badge on Taro Kono's chest is the badge of the Chinese Communist Party's mecca, Tiananmen Square.
Xi and other members of the Supreme Leadership appeared on top of the Tiananmen Tower during the ceremony marking the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China on July 1 of this year.
Among the suit-clad top leadership members, only Mr. Xi was dressed in a gray people's uniform.
At the foot of Mr. Xi, Tiananmen Square is the site of a vast stage that gives the impression that Mr. Xi is a leader alongside Mr. Mao, dressed in the same attire as the massive portrait of founding father Mao Zedong displayed at Tiananmen Square.
Kono wore a badge depicting Tiananmen Square on his chest and took a selfie with the Communist Party of China's female press secretary, boasting that it was a selfie.
The CCP would applaud him.
Am I the only one who fears that if he becomes LDP president, the LDP will fall into the hands of the CCP?
The image below is an opinion ad titled "Ask the Four Candidates for LDP President to Show Their Preparedness to Protect the Nation" by the National Institute for Policy Studies. It appeared in the Sankei Shimbun on September 19, 2011.
If reprocessing cannot be achieved, the geological disposal of vitrified waste will also be scrapped.
The six reprocessing facilities would also be destroyed just before completion and the efforts of the town of Sutou and the village of Kamoenai.
In addition, China and North Korea will probably be glad to see the loss of Aegis Ashore.
Protecting the Japanese people and worrying about the shell of a missile booster that might fall on a farmer's barn are entirely different things.
Kono is in denial about everything, including the other questions.
(Incidentally, the only "Yes" to all the questions is Ms. Sanae Takaichi.
The six reprocessing facilities would also be destroyed just before completion and the efforts of the town of Sutou and the village of Kamoenai.
In addition, China and North Korea will probably be glad to see the loss of Aegis Ashore.
Protecting the Japanese people and worrying about the shell of a missile booster that might fall on a farmer's barn are entirely different things.
Kono is in denial about everything, including the other questions.
(Incidentally, the only "Yes" to all the questions is Ms. Sanae Takaichi.
Issues Surrounding Japan Terminals Co.
As I wrote this manuscript, many people on the Internet, including journalist Takamasa Kadota, began to point out the problems surrounding Nippon Terminal Corporation.
Nippon Terminal is a major manufacturer of crimp terminals, connectors, and other components for electrical cables.
Its primary shareholder is Yohei Kono, Taro Kono's father; its current president is Jiro Kono, Taro Kono's younger brother.
It can be said to be a Kono family company.
This Japan Terminal Corporation has three factories in China, and its products are used in large quantities as connectors for cheap solar panel cables produced in China.
Some have pointed out that this is a very preferential company in China.
The company profile and financial statements in the official gazette list the president's name and sales, and it can be confirmed that Yohei Kono and Jiro Kono are listed as the president and title of the company.
Contributions from Nippon Terminal have continued to be made to Taro Kono's political fund.
The West has criticized the manufacture of solar panels in China, citing such factors as the fact that cheap panels are manufactured by suppressing labor costs through the forced labor of Xinjiang Uyghurs, and the United States has banned the import of solar panels made in China.
In Japan, the Koizumi family, which has been criticized for playing a role in the solar fraud enterprise (see my article "The Dark Side of Solar Power and the Koizumi Family" for details), and the Kono family, which profits from the mass production of solar panels made in China, are loudly advocating the "priority on renewable energy.
(https://hanada-plus.jp/articles/789) "The Dark Side of Solar Power and the Koizumi Family."
Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi, spearheading support for Taro Kono, declared that he would "fight thoroughly against (pro-nuclear power plant) Sanae Takaichi.
However, as reported by Sankei Shimbun (August 5, 2021), the reality is that the cost of power generation is highest for commercial solar power generation.
Nippon Terminal is a major manufacturer of crimp terminals, connectors, and other components for electrical cables.
Its primary shareholder is Yohei Kono, Taro Kono's father; its current president is Jiro Kono, Taro Kono's younger brother.
It can be said to be a Kono family company.
This Japan Terminal Corporation has three factories in China, and its products are used in large quantities as connectors for cheap solar panel cables produced in China.
Some have pointed out that this is a very preferential company in China.
The company profile and financial statements in the official gazette list the president's name and sales, and it can be confirmed that Yohei Kono and Jiro Kono are listed as the president and title of the company.
Contributions from Nippon Terminal have continued to be made to Taro Kono's political fund.
The West has criticized the manufacture of solar panels in China, citing such factors as the fact that cheap panels are manufactured by suppressing labor costs through the forced labor of Xinjiang Uyghurs, and the United States has banned the import of solar panels made in China.
In Japan, the Koizumi family, which has been criticized for playing a role in the solar fraud enterprise (see my article "The Dark Side of Solar Power and the Koizumi Family" for details), and the Kono family, which profits from the mass production of solar panels made in China, are loudly advocating the "priority on renewable energy.
(https://hanada-plus.jp/articles/789) "The Dark Side of Solar Power and the Koizumi Family."
Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi, spearheading support for Taro Kono, declared that he would "fight thoroughly against (pro-nuclear power plant) Sanae Takaichi.
However, as reported by Sankei Shimbun (August 5, 2021), the reality is that the cost of power generation is highest for commercial solar power generation.
Sankei Shimbun, August 5, 2021
Mr. Kono and Mr. Koizumi are doing nothing but crushing Japanese industry and benefiting China.
If they take the helm of Japan, the country will surely follow the path of decline.
Not just decline, but the country is in danger of extinction.
https://hanada-plus.jp/articles/403
He is the Director of the National Research Institute for Nuclear Science and Technology and a specially-appointed professor at the Tokyo Institute of Technology. Born in Tokyo in 1952, he received a master's degree in nuclear engineering from the Tokyo Institute of Technology. He specialized in nuclear reactor engineering. He Joined Toshiba Corporation, where he was engaged in research on nuclear safety. He was appointed professor at the Graduate School of Hokkaido University in 2007. After serving as professor emeritus and specially-appointed professor at the graduate school of Hokkaido University, he assumed his current position.
