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It would seem that finally there are a few editors that have allowed their reporters to write for publication some words that are less than kind about how some government types that I thought were supposed to be working for the people have been handling this business of Mother Nature blowing strong breaths of air over her lands. But lands where the upstart human animal decided to build something called a home.
Let us see what we have from those media people:
www.japantimes.co.jp
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Still, questions remain over the government's reaction to the disaster. The typhoon made landfall near the city of Chiba shortly before 5 a.m. on Sept. 9. The cross-ministerial task force didn't hold its first meeting until 2:30 p.m. on Sept. 10, about 33 hours after the storm made landfall.
In comparison, when Typhoon Krosa, the 10th named storm this year, crossed the Chugoku region in western Honshu in August, the government held two meetings of relevant ministers before and after the typhoon landed.
This time, however, the government has yet to hold such a meeting.
As Abe reshuffled his Cabinet on Sept. 11, the government was preoccupied with relevant events on the day, such as an attestation ceremony for ministers of the new Cabinet and their inaugural news conferences.
The working-level task force held its second meeting on Typhoon Faxai last Thursday, a day after the Cabinet shake-up and two days after the first meeting.
Relevant ministers, including disaster management minister Ryota Takeda, visited typhoon-hit areas in Chiba on Thursday, three days after the typhoon hit.
I don't think it is such a big surprise that Mr. Suga would state to the world that those high class government bosses did everything that the Japanese citizen should have expected them to do. No surprise there at all.
But are the Japanese people going to meekly answer:
"Okay. You are super cool government bosses and we still trust you 100%."?
Let us see what we have from those media people:
Japanese government facing mounting criticism over initial response to Typhoon Faxai
The government is facing mounting criticism over its allegedly insufficient initial response to a recent powerful typhoon that left tens of thousands of ho
And I wish to do my own style of quoting here, so that we don't need that "Click to expand" thingy to get key thoughts out in the open.
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At a news conference on Tuesday, Suga said that a cross-ministerial disaster response task force comprising working-level officials held five meetings after Typhoon Faxai's landfall, stressing that there was no flaw in the Abe administration's response.Still, questions remain over the government's reaction to the disaster. The typhoon made landfall near the city of Chiba shortly before 5 a.m. on Sept. 9. The cross-ministerial task force didn't hold its first meeting until 2:30 p.m. on Sept. 10, about 33 hours after the storm made landfall.
In comparison, when Typhoon Krosa, the 10th named storm this year, crossed the Chugoku region in western Honshu in August, the government held two meetings of relevant ministers before and after the typhoon landed.
This time, however, the government has yet to hold such a meeting.
As Abe reshuffled his Cabinet on Sept. 11, the government was preoccupied with relevant events on the day, such as an attestation ceremony for ministers of the new Cabinet and their inaugural news conferences.
The working-level task force held its second meeting on Typhoon Faxai last Thursday, a day after the Cabinet shake-up and two days after the first meeting.
Relevant ministers, including disaster management minister Ryota Takeda, visited typhoon-hit areas in Chiba on Thursday, three days after the typhoon hit.
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I don't think it is such a big surprise that Mr. Suga would state to the world that those high class government bosses did everything that the Japanese citizen should have expected them to do. No surprise there at all.
But are the Japanese people going to meekly answer:
"Okay. You are super cool government bosses and we still trust you 100%."?
