(JAPAN)TEPCO president makes kneeling apology to nuclear crisis evacuees

[AsahinaKimi]

TEPCO President Masataka Shimizu, second from right, and other TEPCO staff kneel in apology (*DOGEZA) in front of a nuclear crisis evacuee in Nihonmatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, on May 4. (Mainichi)

NIHONMATSU, Fukushima -- Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) President Masataka Shimizu was on his knees here on May 4, apologizing to residents of towns forced to evacuate by the Fukushima nuclear crisis.

Shimizu visited the municipal disaster response sections of the Fukushima prefectural towns of Namie and Hirono and the village of Katsurao -- all forced to relocate due to the crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant.

At Namie's temporary municipal office, town Mayor Tamotsu Baba roundly criticized TEPCO, telling Shimizu the utility "did not promptly tell us about the nuclear accident after it happened," among other comments. The TEPCO president was also assailed on his way out by one 50-year-old woman angry at delays in search efforts in the disaster areas.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20110505p2a00m0na003000c.html
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*Dogeza:(literally to "sit down on the ground") is to sit directly on the ground and to prostrate oneself, bowing while sitting. An element of Japanese manners, it is used to show deference to the most highly-revered high-class person, as a deep apology, and to express the desire for a favor from said person.

(example) Formal Dogeza

[flamingdem]

1. WOW. Japan's business culture is not like ours

Imagine the CEO of GE on his knees.

ON YOUR KNEES CORPORATE CRIMINALS! In our dreams.

I appreciate that the human element is maintained while recognizing that Tepco will attempt to cheat them out of what they should pay ala BP.

[Generic Other]

2. It doesn't change things but humbling oneself and admitting error is better than stubborn refusal

to admit mistakes or take responsibility.

[flamingdem]

3. Yes, for instance if you saw Condi Rice on MSNBC, she will take no responsibility for Iraq nt

[marions ghost]

6. Condi =

Lady MacBeth


"She should have died hereafter;
There would have been a time for such a word.
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury
Signifying nothing." — Macbeth (Act 5, Scene 5, lines 17-28)

[flamingdem]

9. Perfect. Condi is Lady MacBeth. Yes. nt

[marions ghost]

10. And she's still guarding the family secrets I see...

such a heavy load.

[flamingdem]

11. She is loyal to her boss, this is clear

did they have an affair? Something weird there..

[marions ghost]

12. An unholy alliance

whether physical or platonic, it crossed boundaries.

A creepy co-dependency. Soul-mates. (I guess they have souls, though not apparent).

I think she was more the wanna-be wife to Macbeth, rather than the mistress. (If Laura were out of the way...she might do a Camilla). Condi would want the legitimacy. She's very proper.

[KittyWampus]

4. Doesn't change much. How about a daily tour of the reactors to witness "progress"

on the problem HE created.

[Gold Metal Flake]

5. Seppuku or it's not sincere.

[hobbit709]

7. That was my thought too.

[marions ghost]

8. Refreshing

Even if it is too late for apologies really.

An open admission of guilt--wow.

You get no apologies for any wrongdoing whatsoever in litigious America.