Industry minister resigned after 8 days of service...!!! His remarks to the radiation are unbelievable. Why on earth was he chosen to be in this position?? Or, immediately after being assigned to be the industry minister, his character changed? Either way, I'm so disappointed but at the same time, "I knew it".
It seems a lot of Japanese people are quite disappointed at today's government. It's too slow to take measures to help disaster victims. Although millions of dollars have been donated for the quake relief, the government is not trying its best to distribute the money as soon as possible. The quake relief is only the tip of the iceberg.
All the politicians do is to criticize the opposition party in an effort to come to power, and they don't pay much attention to what ordinary people need and what they can do for them. Scandals of former democratic party's leader, Ozawa, is the most controversial issue. Because of his strong leadership, many members of democratic party still respect him even after corruption was reported many times. Others criticize Ozawa and it has divided the party. The new premier are making effort to heal the rift, but it seems tough. Is it really what they are supposed to do? What about tackling nuclear power plant accident? When are they going to deal with recession? What about strong yen? ... So many issues are waiting to be solved but government is just so slow and distracted.
I read the profiles of all the new ministers, and found that they had a noble ambition to help Japan's society and people when they became a politician. Now where has the good intention gone? Being a politician is a very tough job, and it is not something that everybody can do; it is dangerous, tiring and frustrating all the time I would imagine. But that is why we need them. Governing the country is not an easy task at all and we need somebody talented and skillful to do that.
Disenchantment with politics is a serious problem. Less people vote , the rest of electrates just stop thinking about not only politics but also social issues and what we need to do to solve them. That means, people no longer care about the nation's future. It is a warning because democracy is thought to be "the best among the worsts" (even though it is promoted so much as if it was the very best of all). The notion is that there are some other political systems, but democracy is least harmful to the society if the people participate and pay close attention to what the government does. So democracy won't work without people's commitment. If they stop thinking or believe wrong ideas, as the history shows, democracy will have the power to destroy everything and will even lead to autocracy.
