MEMBER


Satoshi Ishibashi – Representative
– Message –
In a National Diet of Accident Investigation which I have participated by chance, the “reality” where many people have been noticing but not reported by the media has been shown to me. By this, I started to doubt that the sense of security which had comforted me did not exist but it was “artificially made.” Trends and media deployment after submission of the report have made my suspicion into conviction.
A feeling of patriotic
Patriotism is not pointing out what to defend and maintain vested interests, but to deeply nurture the mind over many generations for the future of themselves in their culture and land.
Is the present circumstance like that? Contrary to the shout of “patriotism” and “nation building”, the rationality for future generation to continue to live in this land is being lost at an accelerated pace.
To overcome this situation, which is strangled in a range of obscure circumstances, diligent and serious efforts of “adult generation” is essential. However, the seed to bear fruit takes time. Too little time is left.
Is it only a meager result of seeding which the adult generation can pass on to future generations? In the history of mankind, countless structural problems in various parts of the world have occurred. Each generation has been earnestly opposed to the situation, and the accumulation of this action makes “history”.
When you think about that, what a generation which is said to be “adults” in Fukushima have done in this issue, how the “adults” have transmitted the information to future generations, and how the “adults” reflected on the problem, can be regarded as one of “heritage” by adult generations to leave for future generations.
Rather, when the “future generations” make a choice of which nation to be their basis of life, it is a necessary condition for this country to remain as one of their choice.
I am hoping that this project will become the first seed of dispatch to future generations.

Mika Kumahira – Secretary General
– Message –
In spite of its obscurity, nuclear accident investigation report was a welcoming occurrence for me. This is because I had a chance to work with Dr. Kiyoshi Kurokawa, from Teach for Japan, and my decade-long friend Akira Ishibashi. This project was launched on September 11, 2012, when our friends gathered together for Mr. Ishibashi’s farewell party. The completed report was splendid, and I thought that the reflection of nuclear accident in national level will finally begin. However, an unexpected story from Mr. Ishibashi was delivered when we met at the farewell party; on December 16, 2011, the government has already issued a declaration of accident’s conclusion, and the report was likely to be considered as “un-existing”. Since I heard about the “authority” of the TEPCO and Federation of Electricity Power Companies from my colleagues, I have easily predicted that this report could be vanished if a previously established common sense was still valid. However, it was shocking to know that there are people who still assumed the “common sense” as truthful even after the accident of this scale has happened. In such a state, I felt a strong sense of crisis that adults cannot make children in Japan to be happy. According to the field of education in the world, it is said that core strength of children who live in the 21st century is reflection and meta-cognition. If we adults cannot learn from the lessons of the nuclear accident, Japanese children will never understand the meaning of “reflection”. Reflection is not a pursuit of responsibility or forgetting the report as a thing of the past, but to discuss how we are going to solve this problem as a starting point and to reflect the lesson learned from the accident to future of Japan. I sincerely hope that more people will feel familiar with this theme, and to consider involving proactively with it.

Yurina Aikawa – Steering Committee / Secretariat
– Profile –
Resigned from the Yomiuri newspaper writer after the Nuclear Power Plant accident in Fukushima, and participated in “National Diet of Japan Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation” as a research committee member. Currently working as a freelance writer to report what has not been revealed in National Diet accident report.

– Message –
“I don’t want to be unconcerned like the people in Tokyo.”
A daughter having a refuge life in Iitate Village replied to her mother who has encouraged a university in Tokyo. A nuclear power plant accident 2 years ago… talking with people outside of Fukushima makes me feel as if this nuclear accident is already a past.
Nuclear accident has not ended yet. The surveys which were performed to 10,000 refugees reported the accident were wiped out by the political confusions, and still remains silent. No one has taken the responsibility; the lesson of Nuclear accident is still not learned.
This project will reexamine the nuclear accident in student’s perspective, and discuss with the member of “Kokkai Jikocho” (National Diet of Nuclear Accident Investigation) to report the whole picture of this disaster. “How the next leaders of our world perceive Fukushima’s nuclear accident.” I desire that the words spoken by them will be heard to many, and determine the nuclear accident as “personal” occuring.


Hirokazu Suzuki – Steering Committee / Secretariat
– Message –
I have three children: oldest daughter in 1st grade of elementary school, oldest boy in kindergarten, and a year old youngest daughter. I want to create a peaceful and rich society for my three precious children. Why did the accident happen? What did we learn, and how are we going to make use of the lesson learned from it? After the 3/11 Great Eastern Earthquake and Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident, I have been thinking about this issue. For the first time throughout the history, Accident Investigation Committee (Jikocho) has been organized under the National Diet after the accident: to report the cause of the accident and actions after it, to tell the people the truth, and to restore trust from people all over the world, which the government has lost. As a result of the investigation, various social problems in the organization of operators and regulatory authorities became apparent. I feel that the structural problem of an organization is not a case limited to the nuclear power plant accident. The contents of the report was reported majorly by the media, however I am afraid its content is not conveyed properly to the citizens. The diet report Jikocho is very much appreciated in overseas. Other countries are trying to learn from the Fukushima accident. People in oversea are closely inspecting what Japan has learned from the accident, and how Japan is going to change. I feel now that Japan has arrived to a big crossroad. Again, the structural problems in Japan were challenged by accident, and we need to face them. For the future of our children, I want to create a world-class community. This is my wish.

Yurina Aikawa
– Profile –
Resigned from the Yomiuri newspaper writer after the Nuclear Power Plant accident in Fukushima, and participated in “National Diet of Japan Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation” as a research committee member. Currently working as a freelance writer to report what has not been revealed in National Diet accident report.

– Message –
“I don’t want to be unconcerned like the people in Tokyo.”
A daughter having a refuge life in Iitate Village replied to her mother who has encouraged a university in Tokyo. A nuclear power plant accident 2 years ago… talking with people outside of Fukushima makes me feel as if this nuclear accident is already a past.
Nuclear accident has not ended yet. The surveys which were performed to 10,000 refugees reported the accident were wiped out by the political confusions, and still remains silent. No one has taken the responsibility; the lesson of Nuclear accident is still not learned.
This project will reexamine the nuclear accident in student’s perspective, and discuss with the member of “Kokkai Jikocho” (National Diet of Nuclear Accident Investigation) to report the whole picture of this disaster. “How the next leaders of our world perceive Fukushima’s nuclear accident.” I desire that the words spoken by them will be heard to many, and determine the nuclear accident as “personal” occuring.


Kengo Aoki
– Profile –
Hello. My name is Kengo Aoki, a sophomore in Tokyo University. I currently serve as a president of reconstruction supporting organization “UT-Aid” (Tokyo University-Tohoku Aid). UT-Aid, founded in June of 2011, has sent more than 2000 volunteers to Tohoku.
I have participated in this project of nuclear accident report since November of 2012. I hope that our activities, or our results of this project, will contribute to the remembrance of nuclear accident.

– Message –
In August 2011, I first worked as a volunteer after the 3/11 earthquake in August 2011. Since then, I have visited Miyagi Prefecture’s Kesennnuma City more than 20 times. Throughout these volunteer activities, there were many experiences I could not have unless if I went to Tohoku. Continuous volunteer in Tohoku has made 3/11 earthquake no longer somebody else’s business, but a personal matter for me. Although, UT-Aid has mainly supported the tsunami devastated areas; I have only visited Miyagi prefecture, for the exception of visit in Rikuzentakata City. It is an all known fact that the damages of tsunami were severe in 3/11 earthquake, while at the same time Fukushima Nuclear power plant accidents were a major issue.
Unfortunately, the interest toward the nuclear power plant accident, which was the foremost concern of the media at one time, seems to be fading gradually. However, this accident has not resolved yet. We should not see this issue as a “settled” one. This is a “personal” matter which is directly related to our daily lives.
We, UT-Aid, have been executing our activities under the mission to “Provide a first step for reconstruction support”. Now, we are taking our “first step” for the nuclear accident.
I hope more people will take their “first step” towards resolving the nuclear disaster, and see 3/11 not as an unrelated business but as an individual issue.


Satoru Ishibashi
– Message –
In a National Diet of Accident Investigation which I have participated by chance, the “reality” where many people have been noticing but not reported by the media has been shown to me. By this, I started to doubt that the sense of security which had comforted me did not exist but it was “artificially made.” Trends and media deployment after submission of the report have made my suspicion into conviction.
A feeling of patriotic
Patriotism is not pointing out what to defend and maintain vested interests, but to deeply nurture the mind over many generations for the future of themselves in their culture and land.
Is the present circumstance like that? Contrary to the shout of “patriotism” and “nation building”, the rationality for future generation to continue to live in this land is being lost at an accelerated pace.
To overcome this situation, which is strangled in a range of obscure circumstances, diligent and serious efforts of “adult generation” is essential. However, the seed to bear fruit takes time. Too little time is left.
Is it only a meager result of seeding which the adult generation can pass on to future generations? In the history of mankind, countless structural problems in various parts of the world have occurred. Each generation has been earnestly opposed to the situation, and the accumulation of this action makes “history”.
When you think about that, what a generation which is said to be “adults” in Fukushima have done in this issue, how the “adults” have transmitted the information to future generations, and how the “adults” reflected on the problem, can be regarded as one of “heritage” by adult generations to leave for future generations.
Rather, when the “future generations” make a choice of which nation to be their basis of life, it is a necessary condition for this country to remain as one of their choice.
I am hoping that this project will become the first seed of dispatch to future generations.

Masaaki Uematsu
– Profile –
Nice to meet you. I am Masaaki Uematsu, a second year student in Tokyo University School of Medicine. I have been feeling my ignorance and lack of knowledge throughout participation in this project.
Although I have started knowing nothing about the Fukushima nuclear power plant incident, I want to tell information which I have gained throughout the project.

– Message –
I didn’t know anything about the nuclear disaster in Fukushima until I have took part in this project. I simply thought “unexpected” tsunami has destroyed the embankment of the power plant. I assumed total loss of electricity was inevitable if embankment was destructed. I supposed the proper evacuation announcement or post-processing was unmanageable in the chaotic situation. I thought this accident was a “natural” disaster.
However, I am starting to grasp the reality of this incident by attending this project: the tsunami was not “unexpected” occurring, counterplan in the case of inundation in power plant was inadequate, steps of performing evacuation announcement and systematic mechanism were not prepared sufficient. As a result, countless people have experienced a suffering which could have been prevented in advance. This incident is man-made disaster. Being ignorant is formidable indeed. Of course, no one has slacked off in saving and helping the affected people of earthquake and tsunami. However, was there anyone who has thought about the pain and forthcoming situation of victims of earthquake and tsunami before 3/11 happened? No, I could not think about it. Even now, my thoughts might be still lacking.
That is why I believe there is a need to review and reflect on the accident. Making an effort to recognize existing facts and to recover the condition is critical, even though we have not been able to do much. As long as there are any person who have such efforts, that person can cause a movement to change Japan. Although one cannot do anything alone, great influence can be created by calling to others. I have faith in Japan going towards the right direction. Through this project, I want to make shape of this effort. If this accident is left careless, in few years it will be dismissed as if nothing had happened, and a similar accident might occur in the future. Nuclear power plant disasters have also occurred in the past, such as accidents in Chernobyl and Three Mile Island. Despite the countries’ possession of nuclear power plant, Japanese people did not learn enough from these accidents. If the country of Japan does not learn anything now and then, when will we the Japanese people learn the lesson? I have a strong feeling that it is the time to reflect and evaluate on what has occurred, and to move on forward.


Tsubasa Katou
– Message –
Current Japan is in the situation of Nash Equilibrium solution upon Prisoner’s Dilemma game, furthermore the inertial force of individual and groups has made the entire state inferior. In general, the reason of being trapped in Prisoner’s dilemma is said to be an insufficient communication and coordination of interests between players, and the cause of inertial force of organizations/individuals to intensify is said to be the scarcity of change in organizations/individuals. Aren’t these factors prominently noticeable in Nuclear Power Plant accident started on March 11, 2011?
In this regard, while starting from the report of the National Diet Accident report, I would like to contemplate more deeply.

Katsuura Kaneko
– Message –
Vast beautiful mountains of Abukuma, richly fertilized forest and fields, and sea where fishes meet in current rip. Beloved homeland where countless people have lived, treasured, and engaged their daily life, has been taken away silently by the nuclear power plant accident. I am participating in this project in duty to telling future generations the mistakes in our society, accurately recording this harsh event and examining the reason it has happened.
I sincerely hope the results of our activities as well as the National Diet accident report will be a benefit in this society, and the people who are going to lead the next era will continue to be the cornerstone of reconstruction for each one’s “home”.

Shogo Kameyama
– Profile –
Nice to meet you. My name is Shogo Kameyama. I am a second year student in university majoring in aerospace engineering. I have no knowledge of nuclear power plant nor do risk management, so every meeting had something new for me to discover. I am hoping to contribute in this project by giving honest opinion as an university student.

– Message –
After 3/11, we had heard related news about Fukushima Nuclear Power plant for many times. How Fukushima will be reconstructed, whether to abandon nuclear power plant or not? I have decided to take part in this project, because of an uneasy feeling; although the subject of nuclear power plant were somewhat debated in the world of politics, I felt that it was not taken seriously.
This “uneasy feeling” did not go away simply by taking a look into media. Although there are active debates about the future, there is not much “why” and “how” did the nuclear accident occur. By re-editing the National Diet Accident Investigation Report in a standpoint of university students, we are aiming for more people to know about the whole picture of the nuclear power plant accident, particularly for ones who were not interested or had an interest but couldn’t make any actions, to feel the report as familiar and understandable.
As I participate in meetings, my compulsion to share this with all the people in Japan is becoming stronger. It is my pleasure if we can deliver something which will fix the “uneasy feeling” in your heart.


Mika Kumahira
– Message –
In spite of its obscurity, nuclear accident investigation report was a welcoming occurrence for me. This is because I had a chance to work with Dr. Kiyoshi Kurokawa, from Teach for Japan, and my decade-long friend Akira Ishibashi. This project was launched on September 11, 2012, when our friends gathered together for Mr. Ishibashi’s farewell party. The completed report was splendid, and I thought that the reflection of nuclear accident in national level will finally begin. However, an unexpected story from Mr. Ishibashi was delivered when we met at the farewell party; on December 16, 2011, the government has already issued a declaration of accident’s conclusion, and the report was likely to be considered as “un-existing”. Since I heard about the “authority” of the TEPCO and Federation of Electricity Power Companies from my colleagues, I have easily predicted that this report could be vanished if a previously established common sense was still valid. However, it was shocking to know that there are people who still assumed the “common sense” as truthful even after the accident of this scale has happened. In such a state, I felt a strong sense of crisis that adults cannot make children in Japan to be happy. According to the field of education in the world, it is said that core strength of children who live in the 21st century is reflection and meta-cognition. If we adults cannot learn from the lessons of the nuclear accident, Japanese children will never understand the meaning of “reflection”. Reflection is not a pursuit of responsibility or forgetting the report as a thing of the past, but to discuss how we are going to solve this problem as a starting point and to reflect the lesson learned from the accident to future of Japan. I sincerely hope that more people will feel familiar with this theme, and to consider involving proactively with it.

Kunikazu Suzuki
– Profile –
Born in 1989. Faculty of Engineering, University of Tokyo 4th grade.
Established UT-Aid (3/11 disaster relief organization), in 2011. The organization was honored by Foundation of Encouragement for Social Contribution as “Honorly Contributors in the Great East Japan Earthquake” Founded NipponSeijiHoudou Co., Ltd. in 2012, and operates “.NihonSeiji.Com” Internet media politics.

– Message –
Great East Japan Earthquake that occurred in 2011, and the damage caused by the Fukushima nuclear accident is still continuing,. I’ve been keenly aware of them through support activities in the actual site. In particular, the nuclear accident in Fukushima are induced artificially; it is important for three parties of citizens, media, and national government to continue being committed in having a mid – long term verification of the accident, moreover a specific improvements based on it.


Hirokazu Suzuki
– Message –
I have three children: oldest daughter in 1st grade of elementary school, oldest boy in kindergarten, and a year old youngest daughter. I want to create a peaceful and rich society for my three precious children. Why did the accident happen? What did we learn, and how are we going to make use of the lesson learned from it? After the 3/11 Great Eastern Earthquake and Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident, I have been thinking about this issue. For the first time throughout the history, Accident Investigation Committee (Jikocho) has been organized under the National Diet after the accident: to report the cause of the accident and actions after it, to tell the people the truth, and to restore trust from people all over the world, which the government has lost. As a result of the investigation, various social problems in the organization of operators and regulatory authorities became apparent. I feel that the structural problem of an organization is not a case limited to the nuclear power plant accident. The contents of the report was reported majorly by the media, however I am afraid its content is not conveyed properly to the citizens. The diet report Jikocho is very much appreciated in overseas. Other countries are trying to learn from the Fukushima accident. People in oversea are closely inspecting what Japan has learned from the accident, and how Japan is going to change. I feel now that Japan has arrived to a big crossroad. Again, the structural problems in Japan were challenged by accident, and we need to face them. For the future of our children, I want to create a world-class community. This is my wish.

Aika Tauchi
– Message –
When the Great East Earthquake of Japan occurred, I was busy with my entrance exam preparation and did not make any actions for a year, although I have been thinking to do something. As I entered my university and participated in several different volunteer activities, I gradually started to feel a sense of responsibility towards the 3/11 earthquake.
As a part of volunteer activities, I had a chance to interact with the children of Fukushima Prefecture’s Iwaki City. There, I founded out that they cannot play freely outside since they live in areas where radioactive contamination is a major concern. Many of them were separated from their family and home. Many of them could not fit in new school or new community. The effect of the earthquake and nuclear accident to the local people is far more severe than what we have imagined. I do not have enough knowledge yet, and I am not capable in making a decision in favor of or against nuclear power. I want to decide as I go out into the society as an adult, after finding out what the actual cause of the accident was, the current situation of the site, and what really happened on that day. In order to pursue further reconstruction procedure through hearing the voice of local people, I want to fully make use of what I have learned in this project. Throughout this activity I hope as many people will learn about 3.11, about the site, and about Fukushima nuclear power plant accident.

Kaoru Matsuzawa
– Profile –
At the age of 10, determined to become a lawyer after watching Tuesday Suspense Theater “…woman lawyer”. Graduated from the Keio University Department of Law Faculty of Law in 2001. Registered as a lawyer and joined law firm Mori Hamada & Matsumoto in October 2002. Graduated from Harvard Law School in 2008. Registered as New York State Lawyer in January 2009. After seconded as chief research secretariat in “Kokkai Jikocho” (National Diet of Japan Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission) in December 2011, reinstated in the law firm Mori Hamada & Matsumoto (current occupation).

– Message –
Do you know about “Kokkai Jikocho” ?
First time in the history of constitutional government of Japan, the National Assembly was established as an independent third-party committee; Kokkai Jikocho is an investigation committee into TEPCO Fukushima nuclear power plant accident. Since National Assembly is a representative of the fellow people, we have recognized that every people of Japan are our client, and have performed intense research resulting in seven proposals. Hoping as many people as possible to read the report, I have taken part in this project.


Marin Matsubara
– Profile –
MFA, Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University.
Currently in Keio University Doctoral graduate course. Specializes in political science.
Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (DC1), concurrently serving as part-time lecturer at Bunkyo University.

– Message –
Japan must put an end to pursuing responsibilities and identifying the cause of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident as soon as possible, and proceed with the planning of the environment/energy policy eyeing 50 years, 100 years from now. National Diet Jikocho (accident report) is a very important guide to fix this, and it is an asset of entire society in Japan. Throughout this project we are creating a momentum, as well as maximizing the results of the National Assembly, by considering the national strategy of “post-3.11″ in society once again.


Shin Kimura
– Profile –
Lived in the island of Saipan for 17 years. Currently an undergraduate student in Waseda University School of International Liberal Studies. Student member of “Japan Institute of Pacific Island Region Studies”. Loves to play ukulele.

– Message –
Saipan, where I grew up, is located in Pacific islands which has undesirable connection with nuclear power and nuclear radiations. In 1957 at Marshall islands, experimentation of nuclear weapons was performed by United States of America for 67 times in a span of 10 years. Countless people of the Pacific islands is still suffering from the after effects nuclear radiation in their home land. Furthermore, two atomic bombs was dropped to Nagasaki and Hiroshima of Japan from the island of Tinian (which is located right next to Saipan). Although knowing about these tragedies of past, I determined these events as something “un-related” to me and did not really care about them,.And now, 3/11 and the nuclear accident has followed. This calamity is happening “concurrently” as I am living this era. I don’t want to determine the nuclear accident in Fukushima as something “un-related” to me, just as I did to the tragedies in Pacific islands. This is the reason why I participated in this project.

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