On March 4, 2022 the Mayor of Fukushima (@hatabohk) published a message about the situation in #Ukraine as nuclear power plants were, being attacked by the Russian forces. The message was then re-posted as a tweet. Here is a provisional translation. city.fukushima.fukushima.jp/hishoka-h/goan…
"In violation of international law, Russia has committed the outrageous act of invading Ukraine, killing and wounding many civilians, and has even committed the extremely dangerous and barbaric act of attacking a nuclear power plant."
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"Engaging in an act to artificially cause a catastrophe of a nuclear accident is absolutely unacceptable. "
"Russia should cease its attacks on nuclear power plants at once and withdraw from Ukraine immediately.",
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"In Ukraine, our city's delegation and staff have learned about the ways to address radiation issues in the wake of the nuclear disaster, and we have received encouragement for recovery through concerts and exchanges with junior high school students."
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"Our hearts are with Ukraine. We sincerely hope that normal life is restored as soon as possible in Ukraine."
March 4, 2022
Hiroshi Kohata
Mayor of Fukushima
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#GONZO appears to base his assertion on dozen of newspaper articles that #Asahi retracted in 2014 about false testimonies of a novelist who claimed to have participated in raids that #forcefullyrecruited Korean women, which was considered only one of many sources by historians.
As indicated in #Asahi’s independent committee report & other media reports, Asahi only retracted the articles that pertain to these false testimonies and did not retract their conviction that #comfortwomen were #forcefullyrecruited one way or the other. asahi.com/shimbun/3rd/20…