Ukraine should be supported, but if it is exposed to heat, the course of the country may be wrong.
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(Writer / Journalist: Yoichiro Aonuma)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky gave an online speech at the Japanese parliament on the 23rd.
Looking at the reports after that, it seems that the content of Zelensky’s speech was not accurately conveyed to the Japanese, so I would like to dig up a little.
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Prior to his speech in Japan, Zelensky also addressed online in the British and US parliaments. His speech was characterized by quoting Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” in Britain and calling “Remember Pearl Harbor” and “Remember 9.11” in the United States to stimulate the national sentiment of the other country.
At the beginning of the Japanese parliament, he thanked Japan for its support immediately after the start of the Russian invasion on February 24, positioned Japan as a leader in Asia, and said, “I think you all know the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.” I immediately cut it out. The following is a quote from the tentative translation of the speech published on the House of Representatives website.
Zelensky did not use the word “Fukushima” in his speech, but it was clear that it reminded the Japanese of the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. However, it is wrong to superimpose the situation in Fukushima on Chernobyl as it is.
Within 30 kilometers from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant where the reactor exploded, there was a village where people lived at that time. In terms of number, 94 places. The resident was evacuated shortly after the accident, but it wasn’t the only one.