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Saturday, July 23, 2011

Crime / Panic Japan's New Normal

Posted by on Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 11:24 AM

Well, judging from this NHK headline, it looks like the Japanese have taken at least one positive lesson out of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster: "TEPCO to eliminate gangsters from nuclear projects." A bold move, I know. But desperate times call for desperate measures.

Now if only the US could follow the Japanese lead, and eliminate gangsters from Wall Street, we might be able to avert the next financial disaster too.

 

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prompt 1
Maybe then Japan would be able to build plants without so much overwhelming suck next time.
Posted by prompt on July 23, 2011 at 11:55 AM
Vince 2
Too late, the gangsters run congress.
Posted by Vince on July 23, 2011 at 12:30 PM
Salmon 3
It should probably be pointed out that the Yakuza hold a very different place, culturally and operationally, than gangs or the mafia do in the USA or Europe. It wouldn't have been the no-brainer automatic policy that not hiring the mafia would be in an American project.
Posted by Salmon on July 24, 2011 at 8:49 AM
dwightmoodyforgetsthings 4
I eagerly await Beat Takashi's somber meditation on out-of-work nuclear plant gangsters' quiet desperation and occasional acts of horrific violence.
Posted by dwightmoodyforgetsthings http://www.reddit.com/r/spaceclop on July 25, 2011 at 12:03 PM

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