"Launch of the Reconstruction Design Council"
Yesterday, the first meeting of the Reconstruction Design Council in Response to the Great East Japan Earthquake was held. I truly appreciated the Council members readily agreeing to participate despite the very sudden request.
Participants included a number of persons associated with the Tohoku region in addition to the governors of the disaster-affected areas. Professor Takeshi Umehara, who is serving as Special Advisor to the Council, is often thought of as a Kyotoite, but in fact he too was born in Sendai and comes from a long line of fishermen. Professor Umehara delivered his opening remarks in front of a virtual forest of press cameras, saying, "I feel it would be appropriate to devote the remainder of my life to the interests of the country," and "Just coming from Kyoto to Tokyo for a meeting once a week is quite trivial. Such things are a walk in the park when you consider the people suffering in the disaster-stricken areas." To hear such a strong expression of determination and enthusiasm from such a distinguished man I respect deeply brought a lump in my throat. (This is also the subject of a video segment of the Japanese Government Internet TV, and I encourage you to watch it.)
While this meeting has enjoyed brisk exchanges of views from the start, I have asked the Council members to continue in the future each to express what they are thinking and what they envision without restraint or modification. I also hope to participate in this meeting to give my ideas and pose various questions to the Council, so as to glean proposals that foster dreams and harbor hope. Rather than "recovery" to merely return the affected areas to their former state, we will without fail "create" a Tohoku, and indeed a Japan, that is more marvelous than before.
Reconstruction Design Council in Response to the Great East Japan Earthquake (Japanese Only)
Publication : Cabinet Public Relations Office
1-6-1 Nagata-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8968, Japan
terça-feira, 19 de abril de 2011
quinta-feira, 14 de abril de 2011
"Prime Minister KAN's BLOG" E-mail Service (April 14, 2011)
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Prime Minister KAN's BLOG "Looking Squarely at the Future" (Posted on April 13)
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"As the tense situation continues, moving from excessive self- restraint to a design of reconstruction"
Since the Great East Japan Earthquake struck, I have held back from sending out my thoughts through my blog. This was to avoid confusion amidst the ongoing flurry of large amounts of information, while I dedicated myself entirely to responses to the disaster. With a tense situation continuing even now, a month since the disaster toward the future while I will continue to devote my energies to responses to the earthquake disaster and the nuclear accidents, I will resume blogging little by little. At yesterday's press conference, I called on the public to refrain from a mood of excessive self-restraint while maintaining a spirit of thoughtful compassion towards the disaster-stricken areas. A mood of excessive self-restraint could reduce consumption and dampen the business activity of Japan as a whole. Conversely, purchasing products from disaster-stricken areas and enjoying them would help support the affected areas.
Tomorrow the Reconstruction Design Council will hold its first session. Professor Takeshi Umehara, Special Advisor to the Meeting, and I will join with the 15 committee members to launch discussions that look squarely to the future.
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Notification from the Cabinet Public Relations Office of the Resumption of Prime Minister KAN's Blog
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We offer our heartfelt condolences to those who perished in the Great East Japan Earthquake and their families, as well as our deepest sympathy for everyone affected by this disaster and those still living away from their homes.
Since the occurrence of the earthquake on March 11, the Cabinet Public Relations Office has established the following media outlets to provide the people with information related to the earthquake.
- [Website] Disaster countermeasures page within the official website http://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/incident/index.html
- [Twitter] JPN_PMO Twitter for disaster-related information http://twitter.com/#!/JPN_PMO
- [Facebook] Prime Minister's Office of Japan Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/Japan.PMO
Meanwhile, as we were all committed to the prompt delivery of disaster information through these media outlets, Prime Minister KAN's Blog was forced to be suspended for some time. We sincerely apologize to the readers for suspending it without explanation.
With more than a month having passed since the earthquake, we are gradually resuming the publication of Prime Minister KAN's Blog starting from today, in order to explain in a straightforward manner Prime Minister Kan's thoughts and the efforts taken by the Government, including those related to the disaster. Please look forward to new updates.
Information related to the Great East Japan Earthquake and the subsequent nuclear incident will continue to be delivered through multiple channels, including the aforementioned media outlets.
Prime Minister KAN's BLOG "Looking Squarely at the Future" (Posted on April 13)
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"As the tense situation continues, moving from excessive self- restraint to a design of reconstruction"
Since the Great East Japan Earthquake struck, I have held back from sending out my thoughts through my blog. This was to avoid confusion amidst the ongoing flurry of large amounts of information, while I dedicated myself entirely to responses to the disaster. With a tense situation continuing even now, a month since the disaster toward the future while I will continue to devote my energies to responses to the earthquake disaster and the nuclear accidents, I will resume blogging little by little. At yesterday's press conference, I called on the public to refrain from a mood of excessive self-restraint while maintaining a spirit of thoughtful compassion towards the disaster-stricken areas. A mood of excessive self-restraint could reduce consumption and dampen the business activity of Japan as a whole. Conversely, purchasing products from disaster-stricken areas and enjoying them would help support the affected areas.
Tomorrow the Reconstruction Design Council will hold its first session. Professor Takeshi Umehara, Special Advisor to the Meeting, and I will join with the 15 committee members to launch discussions that look squarely to the future.
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Notification from the Cabinet Public Relations Office of the Resumption of Prime Minister KAN's Blog
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We offer our heartfelt condolences to those who perished in the Great East Japan Earthquake and their families, as well as our deepest sympathy for everyone affected by this disaster and those still living away from their homes.
Since the occurrence of the earthquake on March 11, the Cabinet Public Relations Office has established the following media outlets to provide the people with information related to the earthquake.
- [Website] Disaster countermeasures page within the official website http://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/incident/index.html
- [Twitter] JPN_PMO Twitter for disaster-related information http://twitter.com/#!/JPN_PMO
- [Facebook] Prime Minister's Office of Japan Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/Japan.PMO
Meanwhile, as we were all committed to the prompt delivery of disaster information through these media outlets, Prime Minister KAN's Blog was forced to be suspended for some time. We sincerely apologize to the readers for suspending it without explanation.
With more than a month having passed since the earthquake, we are gradually resuming the publication of Prime Minister KAN's Blog starting from today, in order to explain in a straightforward manner Prime Minister Kan's thoughts and the efforts taken by the Government, including those related to the disaster. Please look forward to new updates.
Information related to the Great East Japan Earthquake and the subsequent nuclear incident will continue to be delivered through multiple channels, including the aforementioned media outlets.
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