Lawmaker’s brave public action  Regarding Reiji Yoshida’s Nov. 1
article, “Lawmaker under fire for letter to Emperor“: Upper
House lawmaker Taro Yamamoto’s action in giving a letter about
the health of Japanese children suffering the effects of
radiation was a necessary act. It was also brave in a country
where such an action is thought to be frowned upon.  Why would
Japan want their emperor to be ignorant of what is happening ?
Why would Japan put its children and population in danger by not
telling the facts about leaking radiation and the cancers being
born from this.  The whole world is in fear of the devastation
being wrought by the radiation leaking from Fukushima. Radiation
has reached Alaskan coasts and is spreading around the world in
the air.  What is required is that Japan ask for help from the
nuclear community. Japan has already wasted two years and seven
months. Tokyo Electric Power Co. is not capable of dealing with
this.  I was taught that one can always learn new things, that
it is not a slig