"LandepNews"
Tatsuo Hirano, the minister for disaster management, made his controversial comment at a meeting with Democratic Party of Japan colleagues in the town of Nihonmatsu in the north-eastern Fukushima prefecture. According to reports by Fuji TV, Mr Hirano told the gathering: “There were those who moved to safety and thought ‘we’ll be safe here’. Then there were -idiots like my old classmate who didn’t take shelter. He’s dead now.”Afterwards, he delivered a half-assed apology to the media:
“I had long wondered why my friend didn’t escape and I let my personal opinion slip out,” he told local media. “I apologize if my remarks upset anyone.”The way in which he delivered the remarks was particularly bad. Instead of acting serious when talking about people dying in the tsunami, he seemed to be amused.
One would think that Cabinet Ministers would be particularly careful in choosing the words they used in public speeches, especially considering the fact that the fate of Ryu Matsumoto, who had to resign from the same post in July after acting like a jerk in Miyagi prefecture. And let’s not forget former Trade Minister Yoshio Hachiro, who resigned in September after making jokes about radiation.
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