Japan's Conspiracy (31-3)
Japan's Conspiracy (31-3)
=== Disasters and Economy ===
The collapse of a freeway bridge over the Mississippi River near downtown Minneapolis (See Note 1) gave me a critical clue to the solution of the Japanese government's conspiracy on disasters .
In the past, I had a vague image about the relations between disasters and economy. I thought that disasters were always beneficial to construction companies and that Japanese construction companies always looked forward to natural disasters.
Even a child can think of this kind of idea. But this logic cannot explain why the nation manipulates disasters from the viewpoint of economic rationality.
On the other hand, the disaster at Minneapolis defied my common wisdom. In the US, bridges are classified into several stages through periodic inspections. I had a vague idea about building inspection, but I had never heard of periodic inspections at that time in Japan.
Why? Does Japan have such sophisticated technology? At first, I thought that way. But the number of bridge collapse is too few.
I examined in detail the climate and geography of Minneapolis. As the result, I found that some normal data themselves had something to do with the collapse of the bridge.
Minneapolis rarely has earthquakes. Hurricanes rarely reach that city. The climate is relatively mild. And one day, I finally got one unusual idea.
Natural disasters bring benefits. They occasionally save lives.
Fortunately or unfortunately, earthquakes and typhoons destroy ramshackle buildings in Japan. They actually play the role of the strength test. Buildings that could endure big earthquakes or typhoons are regarded as safe afterward. Thanks to the natural test, human periodic inspections could be omissible.
In addition, thanks to their endurance tests, buildings can be used without human inspection until they are destroyed by natural disasters. When they are destroyed by natural disasters, nobody is to blame. Nobody complains. They bring enormous economic benefits.
This logic also helps government bureaucrats and construction companies. Building inspection is problematic. If they say they passed the inspections, they bear the responsibility for future accidents. Otherwise, they become embroiled in arguments on the waste of the budget and the preservation of the tradition.
Natural disasters cut enormous costs, but they help some people and organizations escape from responsibility at the same time.
Periodic building inspection is very important in countries where the climate is mild. But in some countries where natural disasters often occur, this is not an important topic.
The Japanese government had known it for some time. Some other countries had known it, too. But only Japan tried to manipulate natural disasters.
In a sense, typhoons may save lives. Typhoons often destroy bridges in Japan, too. But there are few victims. Most people have already taken shelter. On the other hand, in Minneapolis, where the climate is relatively mild, quite a many people and cars were involved in the disaster. I have never heard of this kind of tragedy in Japan. Since dangerous bridges have been already destroyed by typhoons or earthquakes, bridge collapse is improbable under normal weather in Japan.
In Japan, some major earthquakes kill and injure many people, but their magnitude, place and time are artfully adjusted. In metropolitan areas, most earthquakes are appropriate in magnitude for building inspection.
After Minneapolis tragedy, periodic bridge inspection became a major issue in Japan. But as I expected, most bridges are not inspected. Only 13 percent of municipalities conduct regular checks of bridges (See Note 2). But this figure is yet unreliable.
This is the major reason why earthquakes and typhoons frequently hit metropolitan areas in Japan. Some disasters are apparently artificial ones in their place and timing.
This conspiracy brings huge profit to the nation in total. But however they produce profit, how many people are fortunately saved, artificial disaster control is never justified. It is a heinous crime against humanity.
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I-35W Mississippi River bridge
I-35W Mississippi River bridge - Wikipedia
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The Japan Times 2007/09/02
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ed20070902a2.html
But as of February 2007, only 13 percent of the nation's municipalities were conducting regular checks of bridges.
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