Japanese science ministry takes partial blame for tsunami and meltdown
Japan’s ministry of science and education was supposed to be celebrating the 50th anniversary of its first annual White Paper on Science and Technology with the 2011 edition. Instead of a long spread of great achievements by Japanese scientists over the past five decades, however, the document, which was approved by the government yesterday, became the latest mea culpa for the poor handling of last March’s earthquake, tsunami and nuclear accident. The document puts the spotlight on the responsibility of the countries’ scientists and engineers.Yasuhiro Yukimatsu, director of the ministry’s strategic-programmes division and head of the six-person team that put the 260-page document together, says it’s the first time that the ministry’s White Paper has become a work of atonement.
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