Reply #5: Recc'ed but...

[kristopher]

There are a lot of politics going on right now that this should be filtered through. Kan is the leader of a party that isn't particularly fond of nuclear power. The LDP, which is the strongest opposition party, is the group that built Japan after the war. They held virtually undisputed power power until pretty recently. They want to continue a nuclear future for Japan. Ozawa is -

Ichirō Ozawa (小沢 一郎 Ozawa Ichirō?, born 24 May 1942) is a Japanese politician. Formerly a chief secretary of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), he later defected from the LDP. He was the president of Japan's main opposition party, the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), from 2006 until May 2009, when he resigned over a fund scandal, and secretary general of the party from 2009 until 2010, when Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama announced that they were both stepping down from respective leadership positions. Ozawa is often dubbed as the "Shadow Shogun" due to his influence within DPJ.<1><2>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichirō_Ozawa


I think they are trying to pull a teaparty on Kan. I'd say that in the midst of a crisis their policies caused, they are using that crisis to stymie the efforts of the guy that want to alter those policies that caused the problem.

Opposition camp may submit no-confidence motion

The opposition Liberal Democratic and New Komeito parties may jointly submit a no-confidence motion against the government of Prime Minister Naoto Kan.

LDP Secretary General Nobuteru Ishihara met with his New Komeito counterpart, Yoshihisa Inoue, on Friday.

Ishihara said LDP President Sadakazu Tanigaki is thinking of submitting the motion to the current Diet session, scheduled to end next month. He urged the New Komeito to cooperate.

Inoue said his party believes that it is favorable to sponsor such a motion jointly with the LDP.

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/27_21.html


We've seen an accusation that Kan literally caused the meltdown come out as an official statement from Tepco, only to have it retracted two days later as a mistake.

It appears he is under attack by the nuclear industry. I'd love to know what was said behind the scenes at G8.