Monday, March 14, 2011

Japan Imposes "Article 15"

Japan has banned all its government agencies, including its nuclear regulatory and protection agencies, from issuing any statements about the nuclear crisis situation in Japan, according to Yochi Shimatsu, former editor of the Japan Times.

Statements will only be issued from the senior level of the Japanese government.

"Article 15" is an article unfamiliar to most Japanese, including most Japanese journalists. It is apparently an emergency regulatory clause that allows the senior levels of the Japanese government to stop other Japanese government agencies from communicating with the public and news media.

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9 comments:

  1. I imagine this will be considered bullish, somehow.

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  2. The disconnect between underplayed Japanese accounts of the nuclear threat and perhaps (but not necessarily) overplayed accounts nearly everywhere else has already rightfully unnerved the locals in Tokyo. This ought only to accelerate the exodus. Another stunning failure of the state and its lackey media.

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  3. Who put this wonderful provision in ?
    Tojo or Emperor MacArthur

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  4. One of your readers?
    http://www.marksmarketanalysis.com/2011/03/japan-imposes-article-15.html

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  5. Do you have any verification for this post? Looking to confirm.

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  6. Article 15 of WHAT? Not the Japanese Constitution, which pertains to other subjects.

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  7. As stated in the post, it is a clause in an emergency act not familiar to most Japanese. No one said anything about the Japanese Constitution.

    As stated in my post, the source is Yochi Shimatsu, former editor of the Japan Times.

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  8. http://www.nisa.meti.go.jp/english/files/en20110315-1.pdf

    Go to Page 6

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