Fukushima native, foreign minister, Genba in dilemma over nuclear exports

[kristopher]

Foreign Minister Genba's boyhood home is about 25 miles away from the Fukushima multiple meltdowns. He used to be an aggressive advocate for nuclear export as a way to boost Japan's economy...

Fukushima native, foreign minister, Genba in dilemma over nuclear exports
November 14, 2011

...Genba has now toned down his pitches, despite being a key member of Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's Cabinet involved in selling Japanese nuclear technologies overseas.

"He apparently has conflicting feelings on the exports of nuclear power plants," a high-ranking Foreign Ministry official said of Genba.

...After becoming foreign minister in early September, Genba said in a meeting at his ministry: "We must not think only about exports of nuclear power plants. As for countries we have talked with, there are no other ways (except to export nuclear technologies) because we have built relations of trust with them.

"But as the next step, let's export environmental technologies."...

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/politics/AJ2011111417406

[teddy51]

1. If I were him, I would be more worried about exporting anything from Japan.

Many people (country's) are going to be thinking "Radiation" and not wanting anything to do with it. Again, that is an Opinion just to be clear.