I need to ask my Japanese-speaking co-workers since I can’t make out emotion easily in their language. Meanwhile, much as I admire Japan’s precautions for earthquakes and other natural disasters, their reputation for downplaying the severity of meltdowns is rather tainted like our nation. And I’m not talking about nuclear power exclusively, Japanese banks had a string of problems a few years back.
Mar. 19, 2011 Update: Ayako told me this appears to be a presentation aimed at Japanese children. Something to keep them from worry so much and delay their rage when they suffer from cancer in their teens thanks to lax regulations and greed. Now the news reports to the residents near the accidents are teaching them how to live an irradiated lifestyle since there’s nowhere else to go.